Observational studyEndocrine2024
Psychological impacts of thermal ablation and conventional thyroidectomy in BTN patients: a prospective observational study.
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- Development and validation of a predictive nomogram for high-risk thyroid nodules: a retrospective analysis of sedentary time, insomnia, and elevated weight.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- The relationship between sleep disturbances, depression and anxiety in differentiated thyroid cancer patients during radioiodine (131I) therapy: a longitudinal observational study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Observational
- Pan-immune inflammation value and system inflammation response index associated with prolonged hospital stay of thyroid nodule patients undergoing ultrasound-guided microwave ablation, both aged ≤55 years and > 55 years.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- A multicenter cohort study of thyroidectomy-related decision regret in patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThermal ablation and conventional thyroidectomy are effective therapeutic methods for treating benign thyroid nodules (BTNs), but the psychological impacts of these methods in BTN patients are largely unknown. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis survey study prospectively enrolled patients who were admitted to our hospital between July 2021 and July 2022. The four validated scales were applied to quantify psychological distress and sleep quality at five points (the day admitted to the hospital, the day discharged from the hospital, and 1, 3, and 6 months after treatment). Participants who were diagnosed with BTNs and completed the questionnaires were ultimately enrolled and divided into thermal ablation and conventional thyroidectomy groups. A propensity score matching (PSM) cohort was subsequently developed to evaluate longitudinal and cross-sectional changes in psychological-related indicators.
resultsAmong 548 eligible BTN patients, 460 patients completed all the questionnaires throughout the follow-up (response rate: 83.94%), including 368 (80.00%) patients who underwent thermal ablation and 92 (20.00%) patients who underwent conventional thyroidectomy. After PSM, a total of 342 patients were enrolled (256 patients underwent thermal ablation, and 86 patients underwent conventional thyroidectomy). The psychological-related indicators of patients in the thermal ablation group remained relatively stable during the 6-month follow-up, but patients in the conventional thyroidectomy group may have experienced greater anxiety and sleep quality concerns in the longitudinal assessment. Additionally, in the cross-sectional evaluation, the sleep quality of the thermal ablation group was also better than that of the conventional thyroidectomy group postoperatively.
conclusionsThermal ablation is superior to conventional thyroidectomy for BTN patients in terms of psychological-related indicators.
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