Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma With Radiofrequency Ablation

Exclusion Criteria

• •Clinical evidence for a multifocal papillary thyroid malignancy
• •Clinical evidence for local or distant metastatic disease
• •Pregnancy
• •Vocal cord paralysis on contralateral side
• •Coagulopathy or patients on anticoagulation therapy
• •Patients with prior neck surgery or neck radiation
• •Patients with neck anatomy that precludes easy access by RFA
• •Patients with comorbidities deemed too high of a risk for general anesthesia
• •Treatment with another investigational drug or intervention (within 6 weeks of planned RFA).
• •Current drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.