Endocrine Abstracts

Laser ablation of thyroid nodules has been used for the last two decads (Pacella et al, 2000). Surprisingly, complications are less frequent in patients treated without anesthesia, probably because eventual pain is an useful alarm symptom, leading the operator to repositioning the fiber during the procedure (Pacella et al., 2015).Material and methods: A total of 32 patients were included, without using local anesthesia. Nodules were solid, 5–72 ml v...

Ethanol and laser ablation of benign thyroid nodules is bursting rapidly in clinical practice because of its efficacy, safety and economy. However, these techniques require some manual operator training. In order to facilitate this hands-on training, we propose two homemade, cheap and specific simulators to practice these clinical procedures.Material and methodsTwo models were optimized: Gel-Phantom Coruna VR16 (gelatine a...

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the mainstay diagnostic procedure for evaluation of thyroid nodules, but it doesn’t permit to distinguish between benign and malignant follicular lesions (category IV in the Bethesda Cytopathology System). Some reports have suggested an association between increased serum levels of TSH and thyroid cancer. However, the specific relationship between TSH and malignancy has been scarcely studied in follicu...