Primary Thyroid Micropapilary Cancers Treated by Heat Ablation ( MVA ) Instead of Surgery or Active Surveillance. Featured images of MW ablation on a micropapilary thyroid cancer A,B,C,D Dr.Guttler’s comments: Radiofrequency ablation has...
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Recurrence of benign thyroid nodules after thermal ablation. Some major factors Larger Volume nodules Irregular blood vessels Low microwave energy Nodules near vital structures. Marginal regrowth with RFA and MWA. Standard techniques for thermal...
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Thyroid Nodule Ablation 101: Which is better? StarMed #18 RFA system vs Kangyou Medical #16 MWA system? US-Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency versus Microwave Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Prospective Multicenter Study MWA uses a larger...
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Very Large Microwave Antenna #16 Used to Ablate Micro-Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Too large for the neck. MWA antennas need to downside to at least #18-19 like RFA probes. Yue W et al Int J Hyperthermia. 2014 Mar;30(2):150-7. Ultrasound-guided...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Alternative Therapy is Here More Reasons to Avoid Thyroid Surgery: Here Comes Non- or Minimally Invasive Treatment for Nodules,Cysts and Cancer Gharib H. et al JCEM October 2013 This is an old review article on the...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: What Are The Types of Thyroid Nodules Suitable For Thyroid Ablation? Detailed evaluation including biopsy and if needed molecular markers and classifier confirming benign nodule with very low risk for thyroid cancer. The...
More infoThyroid No Surgery 101 What Are The Types of Thyroid Nodules Suitable For Thyroid Ablation? Detailed evaluation including biopsy and if needed molecular markers and classifier confirming benign nodule with very low risk for thyroid cancer. The...
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Microwave Ablation Thyroid Nodules 101 The antenna probe is shown here. It is thick #16 antenna and is long for thyroid work. Thinner bore and shorten lenght is better for the neck area. The physician had to choke up on the antenna when...
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Microwave Ablation for Patients Who Refuse Surgery or a Bad Risk for Primary Hyperparathyroidism Parathyroid adenoma on US imaging Parathyroid scan with delayed image showing the adenoma Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Volume 27...
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Thyroid Nodules: Microwave Ablation 101 Another study looking at MWA for thyroid nodules. This one saw increases in thyroglobulin and increased stiffness 24 hours after MWA, but too much post MWA bleeding. Cooled microwave ablation of thyroid...
More info Using Microwave Ablation for Thyroid Cancer: Alternative to Surgery. Locoregional control of recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma by ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation: A prospective study Wenwen Yu International Journal of...
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Thyroid Cancer Treated with Microwave Ablation MWA Case Reports in Endocrinology Konstantinos Segkos et al Volume 2017, Article ID 2790741, 4 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/279074 Isolated Liver Metastasis in Hürthle Cell Thyroid...
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