Radiofrequency Ablation for Benign Symptomatic Thyroid Nodules in the Netherlands: Successful Introduction of a Minimally Invasive Treatment Option Improving Quality of Life.

Purpose: To determine whether adoption of radiofrequency (RF) ablation in patients with symptomatic benign thyroid nodules (SBTNs) in a Dutch regional thyroid network resulted in clinical success and improvement in health-related and thyroid-related quality of life (QoL).

Materials And Methods: The eligibility criteria for RF ablation were as follows: (a) nodule size between 2.0 and 5.

Phenotype of SDHB mutation carriers in the Netherlands.

SDHB mutation carriers are predisposed to developing paragangliomas (PGLs). The objective of this study was to assess genotype-phenotype correlations of a Dutch cohort of SDHB mutation carriers and assess potential differences in clinical phenotypes related to specific SDHB founder mutations. Forty-seven consecutive SDHB mutation carriers were included.