Immunocytochemistry Profile of Benign Thyroid Nodules Not Responding to Thermal Ablation: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Controls (n = 26)	Cases (n = 19)	value
Age (year)	51.6 (12.6)	49.4 (14.5)	0.36
F (%)	23 (88%)	15 (79%)	0.43
Nodule volume (mL)	17.0 (11.8–25.2)	17.4 (14.5–23.0)	0.43
Solid (%)	24 (92%)	15 (79%)	0.25
AFTN (%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	0.42
Laser (%)	24 (92%)	16 (84%)	0.63
Energy (J/mL)	521 (89–1777)	494 (375–1515)	0.31
Technique efficacy (%)	26 (100%)	4 (21%)	<0.001
Regrowth (%)	0 (0%)	14 (74%)	<0.001
Retreatment	0 (0%)	19 (100%)	<0.001

Data are expressed as median (min-max). SD is for standard deviation.