Table 1.

Patients and Nodule Characteristics

Number of patients	277
Age	52 (12.9)
Sex, female/male (%)	215/62 (77.6%/22.4%)
Number of nodules (total)	361
Number of patients with documented recommendation for thyroid surgery	214 (77.2%)
Number of patients with number of treated nodules
1	201 (72.5%)
2	53 (19.2%)
≥3	23 (8.3%)
Patients with toxic nodules	55 (19.8%)
Patients with hyperthyroidism (with or without thiamazole/propylthiouracil)	40 (14.4%)
Mean nodule volume (mL)	13.8 (15.9)
Mean largest nodule diameter (cm)	3.4 (1.3)
Mean total thyroid volume (mL)	32.6 (20.9)
Mean volume of thyroid lobe (side of lesion; mL)	23.8 (17.6)
Mean volume of thyroid lobe (contralateral to side of lesion; mL)	8.5 (5.6)
Patients with bilateral RFA	46 (16.6)

RFA, radiofrequency ablation.