Different targeted low invasive interventions have made it possible to preserve the functionality of the thyroid and, within 24 hours, allowed the patients to return home. They were first made inAou of Sassari.
The method used, considered cutting-edge, is thermoablation with radiofrequency of benign thyroid nodules. The first treatments, on patients with an average age of 50 years, were carried out in the angiography room on the second floor of Palazzo Clemente.
“It does not require surgical incisions – explains the doctor Francesco Pintusthe interventional radiologist who performed the operations – and is able to reduce the volume of the thyroid nodules.”
The treatment is performed under local anesthesia, with light sedation and the procedure, under ultrasound guidance, lasts a few minutes. “In essence – explains the specialist – the interventional radiologist introduces an electrode needle into the nodule and, through a radiofrequency generator, produces a thermal effect on the tissue which leads to necrosis of the nodule and reduces its size”.
The part that becomes necrotic will therefore be replaced over time by fibrous scar tissue. Basically the technique consists of “burning” the tissue that makes up the noduleexploiting the heat released by an energy source.
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