“…Percutaneous ethanol injection has successfully treated cystic nodules (3,10,(21)(22)(23)(24), but is no longer recommended for solid benign thyroid nodules (2,3,10,21,25,26). Moreover, ethanol sclerotherapy has some unavoidable drawbacks, including pain, laryngeal nerve palsy, and extraglandular fibrosis that could impede subsequent surgery in case of treatment failure (25).…”