Surgery has been the go-to treatment for thyroid nodules for decades irrespective of the risk factors which come with it! However, new non-surgical treatment options like radiofrequency ablation are becoming more popular due to the following reasons~
➡️ Preserves the thyroid gland: Treatment with ablation allows patients to keep their thyroid gland and doesn’t damage healthy thyroid tissue.
➡️ No hospitalization or general anesthesia: Unlike thyroid surgery, ablation procedures don’t require patients to stay in the hospital or undergo major anesthesia.
➡️ Ablation is minimally invasive: The treatment is minimally invasive since a needle is placed into the skin. The treatment causes little to no scarring. Any scarring left from the initial needle placement isn’t easily visible
➡️ Shorter recovery time: Thyroid patients who get ablations won’t have to deal with wound cleaning from a surgical incision or experience pain while it heals. They also won’t experience the swelling or bruising that thyroid surgery causes.
➡️ Preserves the thyroid gland: Treatment with ablation allows patients to keep their thyroid gland and doesn’t damage healthy thyroid tissue.
➡️ No hospitalization or general anesthesia: Unlike thyroid surgery, ablation procedures don’t require patients to stay in the hospital or undergo major anesthesia.
➡️ Ablation is minimally invasive: The treatment is minimally invasive since a needle is placed into the skin. The treatment causes little to no scarring. Any scarring left from the initial needle placement isn’t easily visible
➡️ Shorter recovery time: Thyroid patients who get ablations won’t have to deal with wound cleaning from a surgical incision or experience pain while it heals. They also won’t experience the swelling or bruising that thyroid surgery causes.
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