Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The aim of the study was estimate RFA efficacy of large benign thyroid nodules.Material and Methods: This is a retrospective analysis included the results of RFA treatment of 54 patients with large benign thyroid nodules at the Samara Oncology Center from November 2014 to December 2017. Patients were seeking the alternatives to thyroid surgery because of the unwillingness to be operated on. The mean volume of nodules was 48.5 (36.1–89....

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety, efficacy and side effects of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for treating autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTN). The study included the data of single centre.Material and methods: The analysis included the results of the treatment of 127 patients with autonomously functioning benign nodules, received in the Samara Oncology Center in 2012–2015 years. All patients had high level of...

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ultrasound (US)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for treating of benign thyroid nodules.Material and methods: The retrospective analysis included the results of treatment of 450 patients with benign tumors of the thyroid gland in the Samara Oncology Center. 91 (20.2%) patients had autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and 359 (79.8%) had symptomatic ones. The mean volu...

Introduction: The usual treatment for autonomously functioning benign thyroid nodules was surgery until the advent of new techniques such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA). This study aimed at estimating RFA efficacy of autonomously functioning benign thyroid nodules.Material and Methods: The analysis included the results of treatment of 108 patients with autonomously functioning benign tumors of the thyroid gland, received in the Samara Oncology Center. ...