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Laser and Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures
- Source :
- Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA ISBN: 9780387776330
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2008.
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Abstract
- The term interventional thyroidology refers to minimally invasive ultrasound-guided techniques to treat diseases of the endocrine neck, i.e., diseases of thyroid and parathyroid glands. Laser ablation (LA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are two of these procedures used to destroy thyroid nodules and tumors using hyperthermia without surgical removal. Indications of LA and RFA technique for the treatment of endocrine neck diseases include symptomatic benign cold thyroid nodules, symptomatic thyroid cysts, autonomously functioning thyroid nodules, and recurrent thyroid cancer. Both thermal techniques have also been used for the treatment of parathyroid adenomas, but with several drawbacks and are no longer recommended. The advantages of in situ tumor ablation are reduced costs, the possibility of performing procedures on outpatients, the possibility of treating patients who are poor candidates for surgery due to age or comorbidity, and the possibility of treating patients who refuse surgery. LA and RFA are performed by endocrinologists, interventional radiologists, and surgeons.
- Subjects :
- Thyroid nodules
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
business.industry
Radiofrequency ablation
medicine.medical_treatment
Thyroid
Hot Nodule
medicine.disease
law.invention
medicine.anatomical_structure
law
Medicine
Endocrine system
Radiology
Percutaneous ethanol injection
business
Thyroid cancer
Parathyroid adenoma
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Details
- ISBN :
- 978-0-387-77633-0
- ISBNs :
- 9780387776330
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA ISBN: 9780387776330
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0176f8bf61855d2774d5cdba0c003508
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77634-7_12