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Original Articles

High-intensity focused ablation (HIFU) of single benign thyroid nodule rarely alters underlying thyroid function

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Pages 875-881 | Received 22 Jan 2017, Accepted 09 Apr 2017, Published online: 24 Apr 2017

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Table 1. Baseline patient characteristics.

Table 2. Treatment parameters and efficacy over 6 months.

Table 3. Patients who had one lobe surgically removed before high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation.

Table 4. First 6 months changes in thyroid function following one-sided HIFU ablation between patients with ablated nodule volume <30% of total glandular volume and with ablated nodule volume ≥30% of total glandular volume.

Figure 1. Boxplots of the serum TSH (mIU/L) between with an intact whole thyroid gland (no history of lobectomy) (group I, n = 55) and those with a history of lobectomy (group II, n = 17). Comparison by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Figure 1. Boxplots of the serum TSH (mIU/L) between with an intact whole thyroid gland (no history of lobectomy) (group I, n = 55) and those with a history of lobectomy (group II, n = 17). Comparison by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Figure 2. Boxplots of serum free T4 (pmol/L) between with an intact whole thyroid gland (no history of lobectomy) (group I, n = 55) and those with a history of lobectomy (group II, n = 17). Comparison by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Figure 2. Boxplots of serum free T4 (pmol/L) between with an intact whole thyroid gland (no history of lobectomy) (group I, n = 55) and those with a history of lobectomy (group II, n = 17). Comparison by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

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