TABLE 2:
Group B | Age (y)/Sex | First Aspirates (ml) | Infused Ethanol (ml) | Ethanol Mixed Aspirates | Total Procedure (min) | First Follow-up Ultrasonography (mo) | Therapeutic Result | Complication |
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1 | 50/F | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 1 | + | |
2 | 46/F | 2 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | + | Mild pain and intracystic hemorrhage |
3 | 32/F | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 27 | 24 | + | |
4 | 31/F | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 2 | + | |
5 | 35/F | 9 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 24 | + | |
6 | 60/F | 2 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 1 | + | Mild pain and intracystic hemorrhage |
7 | 32/F | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 26 | 2 | + | |
8 | 24/F | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 1 | − | Mild pain |
9 | 66/F | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 1 | + | Mild pain |
10 | 74/F | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | + | |
11 | 41/F | 4 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 2 | + | Intracystic hemorrhage |
12 | 45/M | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 3 | + | |
13 | 31/F | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 1 | + | Mild pain |
14 | 42/F | 5 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 3 | + | Intracystic hemorrhage |
15 | 32/F | 4 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 6 | + | |
16 | 60/F | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 3 | + | |
17 | 43/F | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 29 | 4 | + | |
18 | 66/F | 20 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 1 | + | |
19 | 37/F | 25 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 2 | + | Drunken sense |
20 | 55/M | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 2 | + | |
21 | 46/F | 4 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 1 | + | Mild dizziness |
22 | 20/F | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 32 | 5 | + | Mild pain and facial flushing |
23 | 49/F | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 28 | 1 | + | |
24 | 29/F | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 30 | 1 | + | Mild pain |
25 | 41/M | 5 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 1 | + | Moderate pain and perithyroidal leakage |
26 | 47/F | 17 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 1 | − | Intracystic hemorrhage |
27 | 66/F | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 31 | 3 | + | Intracystic hemorrhage |
28 | 43/F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | + | |
29 | 41/F | 8 | 8 | 6.5 | 34 | 2 | + | Mild pain |
30 | 75/M | 50 | 20 | 22 | 38 | 1 | + | Mild pain and intracystic hemorrhage |
Mean | 45.3 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 30.6 | 4.4 |
Note.—+ indicates complete disappearance of the cystic portion of the thyroid nodule; −, incomplete disappearance of the cystic portion of the thyroid nodule.