Ethanol ablation of thyroid cysts in the young with a focus on efficacy and quality of life
Authors' conclusion
US-PEIT is a safe and effective method for the young, leading to improvements in cosmetic and subjective complaints, and should also be considered as first-line treatment in the young.
Study context
- Population
- Young patients aged 15–30 years with recurrent symptomatic thyroid cysts, 2015 to 2020; more women than men, mean age 23.8 years63 cysts
- Participants
- 59 patients
- Outcome
- Cyst volume reduction, treatment failure and symptoms after US-PEIT
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean cyst volume reduction ratio (about 1.5 mL injected alcohol)
- 90.7%
- Single US-PEIT session undertaken
- 46%
- Significant improvement in each symptom; total score difference
- P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Quality of life (QoL) by SF-36 vs age-corresponding norms · 6 months after last US-PEIT
- Mean physical component summary, significantly different
- 56.5 (P < 0.001)
- Mean mental component summary, not different
- 47.7 (P = 0.125)
Original publication
Ethanol ablation of thyroid cysts in the young with a focus on efficacy and quality of life. Eur Thyroid J. Published 11 August 2023. doi:10.
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