Enrico Papini

TL;DR: The aim of the study was to correlate the sonographic and color-Doppler findings with the results of US-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy and of pathologic staging of resected carcinomas to establish the relative importance of US features as risk factors of malignancy and a cost-effective management of nonpalpable thyroid nodules.

TL;DR: These guidelines are a working document that reflects the state of the field at the time of publication and any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances.

TL;DR: The present document updates previous guidelines released in 2006 and 2010 and states that percutaneous ethanol injection should be the first-line treatment option for relapsing, benign cystic lesions, while US-guided thermal ablation treatments may be considered for solid or mixed symptomatic benign thyroid nodules.

TL;DR: These guidelines are thorough and practical, and they offer reasoned and balanced recommendations based on the best available evidence to clinical endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, pediatricians, and internists whose practices include management of patients with thyroid disorders.

TL;DR: These guidelines are a working document that reflects the state of the field at the time of publication and any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances.