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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
Image-guided thermal ablation of benign thyroid nodules
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Albano Laziale, 00041 Rome, Italy.
Purpose:
To clarify some relevant and significant inconsistencies and inaccuracies in review by Mainini et al. entitled "Image-guided thermal ablation of benign thyroid nodules" published in Journal of Ultrasound to avoid giving incorrect information to the reader and prevent that operators make wrong choices in the use of various devices and technologies available.
Results:
Total cases treated with radiofrequency would be 2388 and not 2435 as reported in Table 1 of this review. The major, minor complications, and side effects in the partial group treated with laser technique and reported in this review are actually 1.2, 3.8, and 35.4%, respectively. In series of patients treated with laser ablation, including a total of 2345 patients, major and minor complications are 0.7 and 1.4%, respectively. The major complications of laser technology are less severe than RFA.
Conclusions:
Several points regarding the paper by Mainini et al. need to be discussed, and I advocate authors for replying to my considerations to clarify the issues raised.
