​A second publication from the same authors confirmed the previous results and investigated successfully the option to improve the ablation in highly vascularized nodules by treating the ​ arterial feeder ("Artery first" approach), to obtain a good hemostasis.​

​Subsequently, a novel publication on December 2022, from a single center study conducted by Eduardo Crespo at Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jiménez Diaz, in Madrid, Spain, further consolidated the evidence on safety, performance and clinical outcomes, with a solid follow up of 24 months.​​

​More recently, in October 2023, Dr. Aliberti and Dr. Casaril from Pederzoli Hospital in Peschiera del Garda, an Italian center of excellence for thyroid disease, published their experience on BTN Uncooled Microwave Ablation. A novel, dedicated procedure – the fluid-motion technique – was developed and implemented to obtain faster and potentially more effective ablations in all kinds of nodules, with a further confirmation of the results obtained at different European site.

*Overall results are calculated post-hoc by the authors​

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More publications are in the making in Europe, that will be made available to the thyroid community soon.

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Publications

1. “Uncooled microwave ablation as a treatment option to preserve thyroid function in patients with benign thyroid nodules" by Gulsah Yildirim et al. – Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology (published 26 MAY 2022)

2. “Artery-first microwave ablation in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules" by Gulsah Yildirim et al. – Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (published online 29 JUN 2022)

3. https://library.cirse.org/cirse2022/crs/role-of-us-guided-microwave-termoablation-mwa-in-the-treatment-of-benign-thyroid-nodules-btns

4. https://library.cirse.org/cirse2022/crs/initial-experience-of-microwave-ablation-for-benign-and-malignant-thyroid-nodules-our-short-term-results

5. “Multiple overlapping microwave ablation in benign thyroid nodule: a single-center 24-month study" by Eduardo Crespo Vallejo et al. - European Thyroid Journal (published online 23 DEC 2022)

6. “Microwave ablation for large benign thyroid nodules: a proposal for a new approach: the fluid-motion technique" by Camillo Aliberti et al. – Updates in Surgery (published online 29 OCT 2023)​​