Jung Suk Sim1, Jung Hwan Baek2, Joongyub Lee3, Woojin Cho4, Sung Il Jung5. 1. a Department of Radiology , Withsim Clinic , Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si , Republic of Korea. 2. b Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology , University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Asan Medical Center , Seoul , Republic of Korea. 3. c Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Medical Research Collaborating Center , Seoul National University Hospital , Jongno-gu , Republic of Korea. 4. d Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery , Withsim Clinic , Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si , Republic of Korea. 5. e Department of Radiology , Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science , Seoul , Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated long-term follow-up results of radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules to analyse the role of marginal vital tissue on nodule regrowth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 54 patients who underwent radiofrequency ablation between June 2008 and November 2013 with pressure symptoms, and/or cosmetic problems. All patients were followed up at least 12 months on three occasions. To evaluate an early sign of regrowth, three types of nodule volumes (total volume, ablated volume and vital volume) were measured and calculated using ultrasonography. Regrowth was defined as a more than a 50% increase in the total volume and vital volume increase was defined as a more than 50% increase compared to the previously reported smallest volume on ultrasonography. RESULTS: The mean follow-up period was 39.4 ± 21.7 (range, 13-87) months. Vital volume increases occurred in 31 nodules (57.4%) and there was regrowth in 13 nodules (24.1%). The mean timing of the vital volume increase was 27.5 ± 18.5 months, and for regrowth it was 39.9 ± 17.5 months. Vital volume increase tended to precede regrowth. CONCLUSION: Vital volume increase tended to occur earlier than regrowth and might be an early sign of regrowth in following-up after the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules.
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated long-term follow-up results of radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules to analyse the role of marginal vital tissue on nodule regrowth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 54 patients who underwent radiofrequency ablation between June 2008 and November 2013 with pressure symptoms, and/or cosmetic problems. All patients were followed up at least 12 months on three occasions. To evaluate an early sign of regrowth, three types of nodule volumes (total volume, ablated volume and vital volume) were measured and calculated using ultrasonography. Regrowth was defined as a more than a 50% increase in the total volume and vital volume increase was defined as a more than 50% increase compared to the previously reported smallest volume on ultrasonography. RESULTS: The mean follow-up period was 39.4 ± 21.7 (range, 13-87) months. Vital volume increases occurred in 31 nodules (57.4%) and there was regrowth in 13 nodules (24.1%). The mean timing of the vital volume increase was 27.5 ± 18.5 months, and for regrowth it was 39.9 ± 17.5 months. Vital volume increase tended to precede regrowth. CONCLUSION: Vital volume increase tended to occur earlier than regrowth and might be an early sign of regrowth in following-up after the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules.
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