Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To define sonographic and color Doppler peculiarities of thyroid nodules influencing the efficacy and follow-up principles of percutaneous laser ablation (PLA).Methods: Three hundred forty-five thyroid nodules were treated with 1–3 PLA sessions and subsequently sonographically examined every three months within one year. Indication for PLA was increase sizes of nodules. All nodes were benign according to FNAB.Resul...