Efficacy and Safety of Single-Session Radiofrequency Ablation in Treating Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Short-Term Prospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Outcomes for 78 benign thyroid nodules after RF ablation

Variables	Before	1 month	3 months
Largest diameter (mm)	27.20 ± 8.74	22.17 ± 8.00	18.50 ± 6.86	0.0001
Volume (ml) (mean ± SD)	6.11 ± 5.46	3.55 ± 3.34	2.07 ± 1.93	0.0001
Volume reduction rate (%)		41.47 ± 19.92	64.72 ± 17.71	0.0001
Symptom score	7.33 ± 2.65	4.74 ± 2.31	3.79 ± 1.64	0.0001
Cosmetic score	3.10 ± 1.02	1.64 ± 0.93	1.56 ± 0.82	0.0001
Therapeutic success (n (%))		24 (30.8)	66 (84.6)	0.0001
TSH (mIU/ml) (mean ± SD)	1.25 ± 0.79	1.32 ± 1.07		0.711
FT4 (ng/dL) (mean ± SD)	1.31 ± 0.29	1.28 ± 0.27		0.505