Thermal ablation meta-analysis: the need of careful appraisal of meta-analysis methodology

Affiliations

¹ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland. pierpaolo.trimboli@eoc.ch.
² Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Science and Medico-Surgical Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Postgraduation School in Radiodiagnostic, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Thyroid and Metabolic Bone Diseases Center, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, Latina, Italy.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology, "V. Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
⁹ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹¹ Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Comment

Pierpaolo Trimboli et al. Endocrine. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;67(1):270-271.

doi: 10.1007/s12020-019-02122-5. Epub 2019 Oct 28.

¹ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland. pierpaolo.trimboli@eoc.ch.
² Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Science and Medico-Surgical Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Postgraduation School in Radiodiagnostic, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Thyroid and Metabolic Bone Diseases Center, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, Latina, Italy.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology, "V. Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
⁹ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹¹ Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

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