Mauri Giovanni, Nicosia Luca, Della Vigna Paolo, Varano Gianluca Maria, Maiettini Daniele, Bonomo Guido, Giuliano Gioacchino, Orsi Franco, Solbiati Luigi, De Fiori Elvio, Papini Enrico, Pacella Claudio Maurizio, Sconfienza Luca Maria
Department of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Postgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Ultrasonography. 2019 Jan;38(1):25-36. doi: 10.14366/usg.18034. Epub 2018 Sep 17.
Minimally invasive image-guided thermal ablation is becoming increasingly common as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules. Among the various techniques for thermal ablation, laser ablation (LA) is the least invasive, using the smallest applicators available on the market and enabling extremely precise energy deposition. However, in some cases, multiple laser fibers must be used simultaneously for the treatment of large nodules. In this review, the LA technique is described, and its main clinical applications and results are discussed and illustrated.
作为治疗良性甲状腺结节的手术替代方法，微创图像引导热消融正变得越来越普遍。在各种热消融技术中，激光消融（LA）是侵入性最小的，它使用市场上最小的施源器，并能实现极其精确的能量沉积。然而，在某些情况下，必须同时使用多根激光光纤来治疗大的结节。在这篇综述中，描述了激光消融技术，并对其主要临床应用和结果进行了讨论和说明。
