Residual vital ratio predicts 5-year volume reduction and retreatment after radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules but not regrowth

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
• ² Institute of Medicina Clinica, Ospedale di Cattinara, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
• ³ Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
• ⁴ Unit of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina, Trieste, Italy.