Superb Microvascular Imaging Compared with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Assessing Laser Ablation Treatment of Benign Thyroid Nodules

Table 1

General information of patients and pathologies of all thyroid nodules .

		n (%)
Gender	Male	71 (31.56)
	Female	154 (68.44)
Age, y		38 ± 19 (18-63)
Nodule location	Left lobe	140 (54.69)
	Right lobe	116 (45.31)
Nodules per lobe	Single	194 (86.22)
	Multiple	31 (13.78)
Pathological pattern	Nodular goiter	215 (83.98)
	Adenoma	41 (16.02)
Ablation fibers		1. 32 ± 0.51(1~3)
Duration of ablation procedure, min		26.8 ± 11.2(16.2~54.0)
Gross energy, J		4825 ± 1875 (2916~9720)

Reported as n (%), unless indicated otherwise