## Abstract Sonographically guided percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) has been recently used with excellent results in the treatment of toxic and pretoxic thyroid adenoma. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of PEI also in the treatment of βcoldβ thyroid nodules. Twenty patien
Cold nodules of the thyroid: Current treatment
β Scribed by Rothenberg, Robert E. ;Laraja, Raymond D. ;Lobbato, Vincent J. ;Radulescu, Valentin O.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1986
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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β¦ Synopsis
Within recent years differing approaches to the treatment of cold nodules of the thyroid gland have evolved. To assess these differences and to discover whether a general consensus exists, questionnaires were sent to professors of surgery and endocrinology and to chiefs of head and neck sections at various medical colleges and university hospitals throughout the country. Fiftythree surgeons and 13 endocrinologists answered the questionnaires and their responses are analyzed and recorded here. HEAD & NECK SURGERY 9:42-45,1986
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