Response to letter to the editor from Dr. Bernardi regarding suitability of residual vital ratio for prediction of local regrowth following radiofrequency ablation for benign thyroid nodules

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Lin Yan et al. Int J Hyperthermia. 2021.

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. 2021;38(1):189-190.

doi: 10.1080/02656736.2021.1883128.

¹ Department of Ultrasound, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Residual vital ratio: predicting regrowth after radiofrequency ablation for benign thyroid nodules.
Yan L, Luo Y, Xie F, Zhang M, Xiao J. Yan L, et al. Int J Hyperthermia. 2020;37(1):1139-1148. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2020.1825835. Int J Hyperthermia. 2020. PMID: 32996790
Residual vital ratio predicts 5-year volume reduction and retreatment after radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules but not regrowth.
Bernardi S, Giudici F, Colombin G, Cavallaro M, Stacul F, Fabris B. Bernardi S, et al. Int J Hyperthermia. 2021;38(1):111-113. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2021.1876931. Int J Hyperthermia. 2021. PMID: 33530757 No abstract available.