Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Polidocanol Sclerotherapy in Benign Cystic Thyroid Nodules: Preliminary Results

Table 2

Efficacy of PPI in cystic thyroid nodules at follow-up.

	Baseline	1 month	3 months	6 months	12 months
Size reduction (%)	—					<0.001
Success rate, n (%)	—	42/114 (36.8)	102/114 (89.5)	112/114 (98.2)	114/114 (100)	<0.001
Symptom score						<0.001
Cosmetic grade						<0.001

PPI: percutaneous polidocanol injection.