Would you ever recommend radiofrequency ablation over surgery or radioiodine for a patient with an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule?  

This answer can be very patient-specific, of course, in terms of preference, co-morbidities (is surgery safe), and risk of the nodule and size. I don't often do RAI for toxic adenoma /toxic MNG if the patient is a good surgical candidate or tolerates anti-thyroidals well without incident. I also hav...