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Patient satisfaction of radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic benign solid thyroid nodules: our experience for 2-year follow up
- Source :
- BMC Cancer, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019), BMC Cancer
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background The patient satisfaction of symptoms improvement and disease factors that may affect long-term treatment efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for non-functioning solid benign thyroid nodules (TNs) over a 2-year follow up study was investigated. Methods This retrospective study evaluated 194 non-functioning solid benign TNs of 103 patients. The TNs were categorized as small (≤5 ml), medium (5.1 to 13 ml), intermediate (13.1 to 30 ml) and large (over 30 ml) according to the initial volume of TNs before ablation. Clinical evaluation and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) were carried out before ablation and the follow up at 1, 3, 6 months and every 6 months after ablation. All patients were asked to assess the cosmetic score (1–4 scores) and symptom score (0–10 scores) before ablation and every follow up after ablation. Results All patients underwent RFA without any major complications. The mean treatment sessions were 1.5 ± 0.6. 98 nodules required a single session (98/194, 50.5%), 87 required two sessions (87/194, 44.9%), 9 required three sessions (9/194, 4.6%). The average follow up months were 16.3 ± 5.6 (range, 6–24 months) and no nodule regrew in our study. After RFA treatment, the TNs volume significantly decreased (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
Thyroid nodules
China
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiofrequency ablation
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:RC254-282
law.invention
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Patient satisfaction
law
Neoplasms
Ultrasound
Genetics
medicine
Humans
Thyroid Nodule
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Radiofrequency Ablation
business.industry
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Nodule (medicine)
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
Ablation
medicine.disease
lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Treatment efficacy
Treatment Outcome
030104 developmental biology
Oncology
Patient Satisfaction
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Radiology
medicine.symptom
business
Research Article
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712407
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....167c003d308b61fc47b13fb8480a060f