Increased diagnostic surveillance and technological innovation have considerably increased the number of thyroidectomies for carcinoma in the last decades. While thyroidectomy remains the first line of treatment, other minimally-invasive and conservative options to be applied in very selected cases have been proposed. The objective of this review is to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of these techniques.
Keywords: minimally-invasive; percutaneous ethanol injection; radiofrequency ablation; thermal ablation; thyroid carcinoma; thyroidectomy.