Enhancing patient selection for thyroid thermal ablation: insights from a multidisciplinary team approach

Key Points

• To enhance patient selection for thyroid thermal ablation by evaluating nodules using a multidisciplinary team approach.
• Conducted a systematic evaluation of non-benign nodules in an expert center
• Analyzed patient data who were excluded from thermal ablation
• Examined outcomes of patients undergoing thermal ablation
• Identified non-benign nodules in patients who were previously excluded from thermal ablation
• Observed rare non-benign outcomes after thermal ablation
• Results suggest careful interpretation due to retrospective design with limited events