Comparative efficacy of different ultrasound-guided ablation for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Linye He; Wanjun Zhao; Zijing Xia; Anping Su; Zhihui Li; Jingqiang Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243864

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Comparative efficacy of different ultrasound-guided ablation for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Linye He ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Linye He, Wanjun Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5786-3988

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Wanjun Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Linye He, Wanjun Zhao

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Zijing Xia,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Anping Su,

Roles Funding acquisition, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Zhihui Li ,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

* E-mail: 2217632505@qq.com (ZL); zjqwkys@163.com (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Jingqiang Zhu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: 2217632505@qq.com (ZL); zjqwkys@163.com (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Comparative efficacy of different ultrasound-guided ablation for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Linye He,
Wanjun Zhao,
Zijing Xia,
Anping Su,
Zhihui Li,
Jingqiang Zhu

Published: January 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243864

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