Greek hospital pioneers microwave thyroid treatment

A Greek nationalist infirmary has performed the country’s archetypal microwave-based thermal ablation of thyroid nodules within the nationalist wellness system, marking a important beforehand successful minimally invasive treatment.

Surgeons astatine the Metaxa Cancer Hospital successful Piraeus successfully treated a 41-year-old antheral with a benign 3-centimeter thyroid nodule utilizing microwave vigor guided by ultrasound – eliminating the request for afloat thyroidectomy and lifelong hormone replacement therapy.

“The aboriginal of surgery is toward minimally invasive procedures,” said ENT section main Pavlos Stamboyloglou, who led the operation. The process leaves nary scar, causes nary symptom and tin beryllium performed under section anesthesia.

The milestone is 1 of three firsts for Greece’s nationalist wellness system recorded astatine Metaxa successful caller weeks, including the archetypal robotic lung crab surgery and the archetypal pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy procedure. The infirmary precocious received a multimillion-euro donation for afloat renovation into a modern crab center.