Surgical and Pathological Changes after Radiofrequency Ablation of Thyroid Nodules

摘要: Background. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been recently advocated as an effective technique for the treatment of symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. It is not known to what extent it may affect any subsequent surgery and/or histological diagnosis. Materials and Methods. RFA was performed on 64 Thy2 nodules (benign nodules) 6 Thy3 (follicular lesions/follicular neoplasms). Two regrew after procedure, these patients accepted undergo a total thyroidectomy. Here we present how affected operation final pathological features surgically removed Results Conclusions. nodules, but should be recommended first-line therapy (irrespective their mutational status), delays in case malignancy. Moreover, unknown whether might promote residual tumor progression or neoplastic lesions. Nevertheless, here show first time that one session does