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Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for the Management of Thyroid Lesions

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Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases

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The last 20 years have observed the proposal of several minimally invasive techniques for non-surgical treatment of thyroid nodules. This chapter describes, on the basis of our experience and of a brief literature review, the efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness and current clinical indications of the first of these procedures: percutaneous ethanol injection (PEIT).

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    Rinaldo Guglielmi MD, Enrico Papini, Irene Misischi, Filomena Graziano, Lucilla Petrucci & Roberta Rinaldi

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Guglielmi, R. et al. (2016). Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for the Management of Thyroid Lesions. In: Lombardi, C., Bellantone, R. (eds) Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_5

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