Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of benign thyroid nodules in patients with incompletely resolved clinical problems after ethanol ablation (EA).

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Published in World J Surg on July 01, 2010

Authors

Jeong Hyun Lee1, Yoon Suk Kim, Ducky Lee, Hoon Choi, Hyunju Yoo, Jung Hwan Baek

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, #388-1 Poongnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.

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