[Local ablative procedures for treatment of thyroid nodules].

Thyroid nodules are very frequent in the iodine deficiency regions of central Europe and some of the affected patients are referred for definitive treatment, such as surgery and radioiodine treatment. In recent years nonsurgical and non-radioiodine techniques have been introduced to treat thyroid gland pathologies. These techniques include the probe-based techniques of radiofrequency, microwave and laser application.

[Lymph node dissection in papillary and follicular thyroid cancer].

Background: There is still unresolved debate about the optimal surgical management of papillary (PTC) and follicular (FTC) thyroid cancer regarding lymph node dissection. So far the German guidelines recommend the same extent of surgery for both tumors.

Patients And Methods: This study is based on 626 patients with PTC and 191 with FTC from a group of 1062 own patients with thyroid malignancies.