Endocrine Abstracts

PurposeThe objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ultrasound (US)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for treating of benign thyroid nodules of long-term follow-up.Material and methodsThe retrospective analysis included the results of treatment of 600 patients with benign tumors of the thyroid gland in the Samara Oncology Center. 108 (18%) patients had autonomously functioning thy...

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 both autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFN) and symptomatic ones.Material and Methods: The retrospective analysis included the results of treatment of 650 patients with benign tumors of the thyroid gland in the Samara Oncology Center since 2014 year. 182 (28 %) patients had aut...