ArticleKorean journal of radiology
Quality of Life in Patients Treated with Percutaneous Laser Ablation for Non-Functioning Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Prospective Single-Center Study.
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- Quality of Life Following Thermal Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of thermal ablation in benign non-functioning solid thyroid nodule: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Endocrine · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of Thyroid Arterial Embolization on Clinical and Biochemical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients with Nodular and Multinodular Goiter.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2025Article
- Choice in Ablative Therapies for Thyroid Nodules.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Review
- Assessment of thyroid-specific quality of life in patients with benign symptomatic thyroid nodules treated with radiofrequency or ethanol ablation: a prospective multicenter study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Psychometric properties of the thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire ThyPRO in Singaporean patients with Graves' disease.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2021Article
- Recurrence and additional treatment of cystic thyroid nodules after ethanol ablation: validation of three proposed criteria.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2021Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Thermal Ablation of Thyroid Nodules: Technicalities Progress and Clinical Applications, Especially in Malignant Thyroid Nodules.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
- 2020 European Thyroid Association Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Image-Guided Ablation in Benign Thyroid Nodules.European thyroid journal · 2020Article
- Thermal Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules and Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Review
- A Glimpse on Trends and Characteristics of Recent Articles Published in theKorean journal of radiology · 2019Article
- Percutaneous laser ablation for benign and malignant thyroid diseases.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objective: While many studies have reported that laser ablation (LA) for benign non-fuctioning thyroid nodules is efficacious in reducing nodular volume and neck symptoms, none have described changes in quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to report post-LA changes in QoL in our cohort of patients. Materials and Methods: Fourteen patients with benign thyroid nodules were involved in a prospective, single-center study and underwent a single session of LA. We evaluated the following: changes in nodule volume, thyroid function, and autoimmunity; adverse events during and after LA; changes in neck discomfort by means of a visual analogic scale (VAS) at one week and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months; and changes in QoL through the 13-scale Thyroid-specific Patient Reported Outcome (ThyPRO) questionnaire at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. ThyPRO is a validated questionnaire for thyroid diseases, which consists of 13 scales with multiple-choice answers. They investigate several aspects of life that may be impaired by goiter-related compression symptoms, by esthetic alterations and by hypo- or hyperthyroidism. Results: Nodule volume decrease was -37 ± 23%, -55 ± 22%, -53 ± 25%, -58 ± 25% ( Conclusion: Laser ablation is safe and effective in reducing nodule volume and neck symptoms; this is confirmed by improvements in the goiter scale, general score, and mean values of ThyPRO and in the VAS score.
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