General Principles for the Safe Performance, Training, and Adoption of Ablation Techniques for Benign Thyroid Nodules: An American Thyroid Association Statement

Safety considerations across pre-, peri- and post-procedural settings: patient selection and counseling, anesthetic and technical considerations, peri-procedural risk mitigation, post-procedural complication management, safe follow-up

Prior training, knowledge and steps for any physician who wishes to incorporate thyroid nodule ablation into practice are defined

Examples of successful clinical practice implementation models are provided