In 2014 Richard Guttler began the training and use of thyroid RFA for thyroid nodules in Italy. He returned and began using 3 different RFA systems to begin to understand how RFA could help his thyroid patients with benign nodules avoid surgery...
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What to Expect? Dr.Guttler’s comments. Many patient panic when there is more neck bulging on day one post RFA. Also the volume of the nodule may increase. This is normal after RFA. It is caused by edema and swelling of the nodule and soft...
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Dr. Guttler’s comments: To decrease the amount of residual nodule tissue left after the first ablation there are two methods to help. The Artery Ablation. This is the first thing to do. The feeder artery can be ablated by inserting the tip...
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The American Thyroid Association has accepted our abstract on the results of 3 endocrine practice’s office based (OB) thyroid nodule RFA ablation. It will be presented at their 2021 national meeting. Dr. Kathleen Hands in Texas Brian...
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Endocrine Practice 27 ( 2021) page 691-97 Schumm M. et al Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Post lobectomy TSH of 87 115 patients had TSH >2. Older patients should think twice about a lobectomy unless necessary. Pre-lobectomy TSH > 1.8 was a...
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Endocrine Practice 27(2021) p. 682-690 Zhang F. et al DR.Guttler’s comments: Location within the thyroid lobes is studied in this paper. 604 nodules were studied. 37/604 were cancers. Upper pole nodules had the highest number of cases of...
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Fewer complications. Shorter recovery time Quick return to normal work and leisure activities. Preserves your thyroid function. No life long thyroid medication. No general anesthesia Local only. No hospital admission. No surgical scar. No...
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Just like general surgery for thyroid nodules and cancer, hospital based surgeons are now pushing general RFA for thyroid nodules. The general stands for general anesthesia with or without nerve monitoring. The alternative is outpatient thyroid...
More infoCostly General anesthesia for Thyroid Nodule RFA Ablation. Now add another expense with continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring CIONM. AM J. Surg C.Sinclair et al Nov 2020 Dr Guttler’s comments: To justify the use of a general with the...
More infoAt least 2-4 times a year patients present with extremely large Goiter nodules. They have seen many endocrinologists and surgeons before me.They claim for different reasons not to want surgery even though all the prior physicians told them to...
More infoDr.Guttler’s comments: QoL was evaluated using a thyroid-specific QoL questionnaire consisting of 11 scales with multiple-choice answers. Nodule characteristics and QoL were evaluated at diagnosis and 1, 6, and 12 months after treatment...
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