Summary of the 2017 thyroid radiofrequency ablation guideline and comparison with the 2012 guideline

Ji-hoon Kim; Jung Hwan Baek; Hyun Kyung Lim; Dong Gyu Na

doi:10.14366/usg.18044

Ultrasonography (Apr 2019)

Summary of the 2017 thyroid radiofrequency ablation guideline and comparison with the 2012 guideline

Ji-hoon Kim,
Jung Hwan Baek,
Hyun Kyung Lim,
Dong Gyu Na

Affiliations

Ji-hoon Kim: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Jung Hwan Baek: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Hyun Kyung Lim: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Dong Gyu Na: Department of Radiology, GangNeung Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14366/usg.18044
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 38, no. 2
pp. 125 – 134

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new, minimally invasive modality that serves as an alternative to surgery in patients with thyroid tumors. The Task Force Committee of the Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology developed recommendations for the optimal use of RFA for thyroid tumors in 2012 and revised them in 2017. Herein, we review and summarize the 2017 thyroid RFA guideline and compare it with the 2012 thyroid RFA guideline.

Published in Ultrasonography

ISSN: 2288-5919 (Print); 2288-5943 (Online)
Publisher: Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical technology
Website: http://e-ultrasonography.org

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