Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: The purpose of our study is to compare the effectiveness of PLA and RFA procedures in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules discussing indications, techniques, complication and outcomes derived from our experience.Method and materials: Thirty-eight patients (26F; 55±14) with benign thyroid nodules were treated, 15 with PLA and 23 with RF. Nodules were classified as thy2 through two consecutive fine-needle-aspiration (FNA) and selected for...

Purpose: Our purpose was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a virtual needle tracking system for US-guided percutaneous RFA of benign thyroid nodules (BTN) as compared to standard RFA.Method and materials: A STARmed (Korea) 18G bipolar RF electrode was used to perform the BTN ablation procedures. A US machine (LOGIQ E9, GE Healthcare) with a low magnetic field generator was used; electromagnetic sensors, calculating their mutual position, were s...