Thyroid Ablation

​Roberto Valcavi, MD, The Endocrine and Thyroid Clinic of Reggio, Reggio Emilia, ItalyErivelto Volpi, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, BrazilGregory Randolph, MD, Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAJuan Pablo Duenas, MD, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Endocrine surgery Clinic, Medellin, Colombia

• Neck Surgical Anatomy.- Neck Ultrasound and Radiologic Anatomy.- TIRADS and Artificial Intelligence.- Thyroid Nodular Pathology.- Fine Needle Aspiration Biology and Core Needle Biopsy.- Molecular Testing of Thyroid Nodules.- Selection of Minimally Invasive Treatment Modality by Indication for Thyroid Disease.- Nodule Selection for Thyroid Ablation.- Vital Structures Protection.- Learning Curve of Thyroid Ablative Procedures.- Percutaneous Ethanol Injection (PEI) and Radiofrequency Ablation of Thyroid Cysts and Cystic Thyroid Nodules.- Radiofrequency Ablation (RA) of Benign Thyroid Nodules.- Radiofrequency Ablation for Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules.- Microwave Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules.- Active Surveillance in Micropapillary Cancer.- Radiofrequency Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.- Microwave Ablation for Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer.- Laser Ablation of Thyroid Nodules.- HIFU Ablation of Thyroid Nodules.- Microwave Ablation of Malignant Thyroid Tumors.- Side Effects and Complications in Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation.- Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Thyroid Interventional Procedures.- Metastatic Thyroid Tumor thermal Ablation.- Intrathoracic Goiter Radiofrequency Ablation.- Patient Follow-up after Thermal Ablation.- Global Guidelines for Radiofrequency Ablation.- Future Directions of Thyroid Ultrasound-Guided Ablation.