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Filter by:Thyroid nodule is a common condition that affects up to 60% of the population. There is an estimated 10% lifetime probability of developing a thyroid nodule. Although most thyroid nodules are benign, up to 10-15% can enlarge to cause compressive symptoms including neck pressure and discomfort, dysphagia, dyspnea, and dysphonia. The conventional treatment for these benign but problematic nodules has been thyroidectomy. Although generally a low risk operation, thyroidectomy is associated with some risk for recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, bleeding, infection, and need for thyroid hormone supplementation. Since the early 2000s, ultrasound-guided percutaneous thermal ablation has emerged as a potential alternative treatment to surgery for benign thyroid nodules. Of the myriad ablation methods, the most commonly used techniques are radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA). [1-3] A growing body of evidence shows that RFA is an effective treatment for benign solid thyroid nodules, toxic adenomas, and thyroid cysts resulting in overall volume reduction ranges of 40-80% at 1 year, with durable resolution of compressive and hyperthyroid symptoms. However, RFA is not without its limitations. Radiofrequency waves can be limited by the heat sink effect and tissue char leading to longer procedure times and potentially less optimal outcomes in larger, hypervascular, and/or more cystic nodules. Microwave ablation (MWA) is another ablative technique that uses electromagnetic energy waves to cause tissue hyperthermia and coagulative necrosis. It generally causes higher ablation temperatures than RFA and is less subject to the heat sink effect, and therefore can facilitate more efficient ablation procedures. Current evidence comparing RFA versus MWA for thyroid ablation was limited and was either retrospective, non-randomized [4-9], under-powered, or with an unequal baseline. The results from these studies were also conflicting, suggesting suboptimal quality of evidence and bias due to non-standardized technique of ablation across studies. To date, there is no randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of RFA versus MWA for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules. Given the higher ablation temperatures, freedom from heat sink effect, and no influence from impedance changes during ablation, MWA may achieve different treatment efficacy.
A multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Prunella oral liquid in patients with benign thyroid nodules, which belongs to the post-marketing reevaluation clinical study. In this study, 426 subjects will be enrolled by competitive enrollment at several research centers across China. The main inclusion criteria are: ① Thyroid ultrasound examination found thyroid nodules, can be accompanied by goiter, and the nodules meet the following conditions: 1) There were dominant nodules in single or multiple nodules (the largest diameter of the second largest nodules was not more than 50% of the largest nodules), 2) solid nodules, 3) the longest diameter of nodules was ≥1cm and < 3cm, 4) C-TIRADS 3~4A nodules. ② Patients who met the puncture indication were confirmed by fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) as benign nodules (Bethesda II). ③ Levels of TSH, FT3 and FT4 were normal, and the antibody titers of TgAb and TPOAb were normal. Eligible subjects will be randomly assigned on a 1:1:2:2 scale to: Group A (placebo conventional dose group, 10 mL/times, 2 times/day), group B (placebo 2x dose group, 10ml/times, 2 times/day), group C (conventional dose group of Prunella oral liquid), group D (Prunella oral liquid 2x dose group). All subjects will receive the treatment for 9 months and follow up at 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th month. The primary efficacy endpoint of this study was the rate of change in thyroid nodule volume from baseline at 6 months of treatment. The rate of change in thyroid nodule volume from baseline at 3 and 9 months of treatment was a secondary efficacy endpoint. Other secondary efficacy endpoints included maximum thyroid nodule diameter, number of thyroid nodules, proportion of patients with reduced thyroid nodule volume or ≥50% from baseline, thyroid volume, thyroid function (serum TSH, FT3, FT4, thyroid egg levels (Tg), thyroid antibody levels (TgAb, TPOAb), quality of life evaluation (SF-36), etc. Safety endpoints included incidence of AE/ serious adverse events (SAE), causality, and outcomes. Incidence of AE/SAE leading to discontinuation. Changes in safety laboratory test values from baseline.
role of TIRADS and Bethesda scoring system in management of thyroid nodules as these methods are ultrasound clasification that helps increase the diagnostic effectiveness of thyroid nodules and reduces the use of preopeative FNA .that nodules are usually divided into diffent categories based on TIRADS and are then referred to FNA and follow up according to variable risk of maligneny.
A thyroid nodule is a discrete lesion within the thyroid gland that is radiologically distinct from the surrounding thyroid parenchyma. Most thyroid nodules are benign, with only 10% to 15% harboring cancer. This is a prospective study conducted at the department of Ear, Nose and Throat - Head and Neck Surgery (ENT-HNS) of Shree Birendra Hospital , a tertiary heath care centre of Nepal. Individuals visiting ENT-HNS outpatient department with thyroid nodules had undergone Ultrasonography (USG) of neck followed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) from the thyroid nodules. USG was reported by Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System(TIRADS) and FNAC by Bethesda system. Thereafter patients were planned either for surgery either total thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy. Post operative histopathology was correlated with preoperative FNAC and USG reports.
Eligible participants will be: benign thyroid nodules patients, to be involved in a consultation with their endocrinologist and/or surgeon and/or radiologist, in order to discuss treatment options related to benign thyroid nodules.
1. To evaluate the clinical outcomes of ultrasound-guided thermal ablationfor the treatment of benign thyroid nodules; 2. To develop and validate a artificial intelligence model to predict the outcomes of ultrasound-guided thermal ablation in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules
This is a prospective clinical study aiming to test how the experience of the ultrasound operator influences the performance of AI-based (artificial intelligence-based) diagnostics when analysing thyroid nodules on ultrasound scans. The investigators set up an experiment with five stations, each with a patient with a thyroid nodule and an ultrasound machine with the deep learning based system S-Detect for Thyroid installed. 20 study participants where recruited: 8 medical students of novice ultrasound skill, 3 junior ENT (ear-nose-throat) registrars of intermediate ultrasound skill, and 9 senior ENT registrars experienced in ultrasound. The participants scanned all the patients and recorded their analyses of the nodules using the EUTIRADS (European thyroid imagining reporting and data system) system in three different ways: a analysis of their own, S-Detect's analysis, and an analysis combining the two previous. The hypothesis was that the AI system would perform equally well when between the participant groups. In addition, it was expected that the experienced participants would perform better than the students without AI help, and that the doctors would gain little from AI input, but that the students would have their performance improved by AI input.
Thyroid surgery is the most common type of surgery among endocrine surgeries. This surgery is performed for patients with suspected malignancy, patients diagnosed with malignancy, and toxic nodular goiter. In addition to vocal cord injury, which is the most important complication of thyroid surgery, hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism and surgical wound complications (such as hematoma, and fistula) can also be observed, and malignancy surgery increases the risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Therefore, it is important to differentiate these groups using non-invasive methods before surgery. Tumor-related inflammation is activated as a result of bone marrow and inflammation induced by malignancies. Insufficiently controlled or uncontrolled inflammatory activity may be responsible for malignant transformation. Lymphocyte monocyte ratio and red blood cell distribution are parameters (RDW, RDW-CW) previously studied in terms of cancers. Our aim in this study is to reveal the RDW, RDW-CW, and LMR calculated from complete blood count parameters in the preoperative period, as an indicator of malignant inflammatory response, in a non-invasive and inexpensive way before surgery or biopsy is performed to distinguish nodular goiter and thyroid malignancy.
This retrospective study focuses on benign and malignant classification of thyroid nodules using deep learning techniques and evaluates the value of deep learning based nomograms in the classification of TI-RADS category 4 thyroid nodules to improve the accuracy of benign and malignant identification of TI-RADS category 4 thyroid nodules. Materials and methods: Patients who visited in The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University ＆ Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital were collected. Their general clinical features, information on preoperative ultrasound diagnosis, and postoperative pathologic data were reviewed.
To determine if transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) is a safe and effective procedure compared to traditional open thyroidectomy. Surgical outcomes, patients' satisfaction, voice and swallowing outcomes will be assessed.