Use of Radiofrequency Ablation in Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Literature Review and Updates

Table 2

Result of patients who underwent radiofrequency ablation for hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule.

	Number of nodule/patients	Follow-up duration (months)	Initial volume (mL)	Stopped antithyroid medication	Decreased antithyroid medication	Initial dosage of antithyroid medication (mg/d)	Dosage at last follow-up (mg/d)
Deandrea et al. [22]	23/22	6	22.5	22.7%	77.3%	5.1	2.6*
Spiezia et al. [23]	28/28	12–24	32.7	Pretoxic: 100%; Toxic: 53%		7.9	4.2*
Baek et al. [16]	9/9	6–17	15	88.9%
Faggiano et al. [24]	10/10	12	13.3	40%	40%	6.5	2.3*

 *𝑃<0.05.