Efficacy of thermal ablation in benign non-functioning solid thyroid nodule: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pierpaolo TrimboliMarco CastellanaLuca Maria SconfienzaCamilla ViriliLorenzo Carlo PescatoriRoberto CesareoFrancesco GiorginoRoberto NegroLuca GiovanellaGiovanni Mauri

Published in: Endocrine (2019)

This meta-analysis showed that both RFA and laser ablation are able to obtain a significant volume reduction in BNFSTNs. A significant volume reduction is already evident at 6 months after thermal ablation and results are stable over the time.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
systematic review
catheter ablation
mass spectrometry
high speed