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Thyroid

Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for thyroid nodules is well-known, effective, and safe treatment for treating benign thyroid nodules and recurrent thyroid cancers. Under ultrasound guidance, RF electrode generates frequency and coagulate targeted tissue. For the thyroid RFA, the trans-isthmic approach and moving shot technique are two fundamental methods.

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VIVA RF Generator

The VIVA RF Generator is designed to create the predictable and consistent ablation zone by using the optimized ablation modes for various nodules. It also has convenient and useful functions including to the easy operation structure and smart user interface to provide the exact information related to procedure details which is able to be translated to computer for recording patient treatment data.

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VIVA multi RF Generator

The VIVA multi RF Generator is designed to create the predictable and consistent ablation zone by using the optimized ablation modes for various nodules. It also has convenient and useful functions including to the easy operation structure and smart User Interface to provide the exact information related to procedure details which is able to be translated to computer for recording patient treatment data.

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star RF Electrode-Fixed

The star RF electrodes of fixed type are intended to be used in percutaneous, intraoperative and laparoscopic approaches in radiofrequency ablation procedures. Coolant circulation system of electrode maintains suitable impedance at the surface of electrode. It also prevents tissue adjacent to active tip from charring and helps to make a spherical ablation zone.

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star RF Electrode-Uni_faced

The VIVA RF electrode is single electrode which is designed to be used in multiple nodules. Traditional single electrodes make the fixed ablation volume, but it is able to make the varisized ablation volume by adjust an active tip.

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star Bipolar RF Electrode

The current created from RF generator flows only through the tissue which is between the two poles on an electrode. With bipolar delivery, no current flows through the rest of the body, so no grounding or return pad is needed. Hence, Bipolar series of star RF electrode are secure against skin burn.

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Professional Education Program

  • Thyroid RFA

    Seoul, South Korea

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    2 ~ 3 people

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  • Thyroid RFA

    Turin, Italy

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    2 ~ 4 people

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Guidelines

Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Guideline

Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology 2017 Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Guideline: Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology. Kim JH, Baek JH, Lim HK, Ahn HS, Baek SM, Choi YJ, Choi YJ, Chung SR, Ha EJ, Hahn SY, Jung SL, Kim DS, Kim SJ, Kim YK, Lee CY, Lee JH, Lee KH, Lee YH, Park JS, Park H, Shin JH, Suh CH, Sung JY, Sim JS, Youn I, Choi M, Na DG; Guideline Committee for the Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology (KSThR) and Korean Society of Radiology. Korean J Radiol. 2018 Jul-Aug;19(4):632-655. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2018.19.4.632. Epub 2018 Jun 14. Review. PMID: 29962870
AACE/ACE/AME Guidelines AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ASSOCIAZIONE MEDICI ENDOCRINOLOGI MEDICAL GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULES – 2016 UPDATE APPENDIX Gharib H, Papini E, Garber JR, Duick DS, Harrell RM, Hegedüs L, Paschke R, Valcavi R, Vitti P; AACE/ACE/AME Task Force on Thyroid Nodules. Endocr Pract. 2016 May;22(5):622-39. doi: 10.4158/EP161208.GL. PMID: 27167915
American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L. Thyroid. 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967 PMCID: PMC4739132
NICE Guideline Ultrasound-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for benign thyroid nodules Interventional procedures guidance
Published: 22 June 2016
nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg562
Italian Opinion Statement Radiofrequency ablation for thyroid nodules: which indications? The first Italian opinion statement Roberto Garberoglio, Camillo Aliberti, Marialuisa Appetecchia, Marco Attard, Giuseppe Boccuzzi, Flavio Boraso, Giorgio Borretta, Giuseppe Caruso, Maurilio Deandrea, Milena Freddi, Gabriella Gallone, Giovanni Gandini, Guido Gasparri, Carlo Gazzera, Ezio Ghigo, Maurizio Grosso, Paolo Limone, Mauro Maccario, Luigi Mansi, Alberto Mormile, Pier Giorgio Nasi, Fabio Orlandi, Donatella Pacchioni, Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Nicola Palestini, Enrico Papini, Maria Rosa Pelizzo, Andrea Piotto, Teresa Rago, Fabrizio Riganti, Lodovico Rosato, Ruth Rossetto, Antonio Scarmozzino, Stefano Spiezia, Ornella Testori, Roberto Valcavi, Andrea Veltri, Paolo Vitti, Matteo Zingrillo J Ultrasound (2015) 18:423–430. DOI 10.1007/s40477-015-0169-y. PMID: 26550079

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