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Efficacy and safety of cooled and uncooled microwave ablation for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Complications of minimally invasive treatments of benign thyroid nodules: preventive andmanaging strategies: A systematic review.La Radiologia medica · 2026Pooled it
- Ablative Technologies for Thyroid Nodules: A Health Technology Assessment.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of cooled and uncooled microwave ablation for the treatment of parathyroid adenomas.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Implementing Ultrasound-Guided Microwave Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules in ENT Practice: Technical Considerations and Early Clinical Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Ablative Therapies in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- The association between volume reduction ratio and time after ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for benign thyroid nodules of different compositions.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Predicting the efficacy of microwave ablation of benign thyroid nodules from ultrasound images using deep convolutional neural networks.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- Microwave ablation for small papillary thyroid carcinomas: clinical outcomes and thyroid function preservation.Endocrine connections · 2025Article
- Microwave ablation of thyroid nodules and metastatic thyroid cervical lymph nodes: the first case series from Ecuador.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Microwave ablation: a technical and clinical comparison to other thermal ablation modalities to treat benign and malignant thyroid nodules.Gland surgery · 2024Review
- Successful treatment of a rheumatoid arthritis patient with severe synovial hypertrophy and impaired shoulder function with microwave ablation technique.Skeletal radiology · 2024Article
- Safety and efficacy of microwave ablation for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules in children.European radiology · 2024Article
- Volume reduction rate of radiofrequency ablation in ≤ 2 cm Bethesda IV thyroid nodules.European radiology · 2024Observational
- Microwave ablation for large benign thyroid nodules: a proposal for a new approach: "the fluid-motion technique".Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Brazilian Consensus on the Application of Thermal Ablation for Treatment of Thyroid Nodules: A Task Force Statement by the Brazilian Society of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery (SOBRICE), Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery (SBCCP), and Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM).Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Image-Guided Ablation Therapies for Extrahepatic Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review.Cancers · 2023Review
- Choice in Ablative Therapies for Thyroid Nodules.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Review
- Value of CEUS combined with feeding artery ablation in the microwave ablation of large solid benign thyroid nodules.European radiology · 2023Article
- Analysis of risk factors for intra-cystic hemorrhage in microwave ablation of partially cystic thyroid nodules.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for benign thyroid nodules results in earlier and faster nodule shrinkage in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis than in those with normal thyroid function.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the effectiveness and safety of microwave ablation (MWA), including cooled MWA (cMWA) and uncooled MWA (uMWA), for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules (BTNs).
methodsThe databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane library were searched up to 3 Jun, 2018. In this meta-analysis, data of volume reduction rates (VRRs) at the 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up, and complications are obtained to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cMWA and uMWA for the treatment of BTNs.
resultsNine studies involving 1461 patients with 1845 BTNs were included. The pooled VRR at the 3-month follow-up after MWA therapy reached 54.3% (95% CI: 45.3-63.3%, I
conclusionMWA is an effective treatment modality for BTNs. When considering the patient's comfort, cMWA would be a more preferable procedure with less complications.
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