DR.Guttler’s comments: 1. AFTN and toxic nodules can be treated without surgery with thyroid RFA. 2. This study below describes the successful ablation and control of the TSH by thyroid RFA. 3. call me at 310-393-8860 or...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Comments: This paper describes how a specific genetic is the hallmark of a rare thyroid nodular disease that mimics papillary thyroid cancer and in the past resulted in surgery to make the diagnosis. Many patients suffered the...
More infoThyroid Radiofrequency RFA Road Map to Success for Your treatment of Thyroid Nodule or Cancer. Do not settle for the surgeon’s initial recommendation, but seek outside opinions. Thyroid surgery is not an emergency even for thyroid cancer...
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Thyroid Ablation with Ethanol and Radiofrequency Ablation. Don’t be fooled by ads and websites by hospitals, universities, radiologists, surgeons who are new to Treating thyroid patients with thyroid radiofrequency or ethanol ablation treatment...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments: To prevent this serious complication, make sure you absolutely need the surgery. A total of 1000 RLNs from 574 patients were assessed in this review. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of the RLNs deviated from their...
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Thyroid (1) 2022 Tuttle RM et al Dr.Guttler’s comments: Study looked at 943 lobectomy cases matched with 943 patients with a total thyroidectomy for outcomes. At ten years there was no difference what surgery they had. Previous article by...
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Thyroid 32(1) 2022 Tufano RP et al “The year of technical advances in treating nodules and cancer” Dr.Guttler’s comments on this special article on thyroid advances. The number of surgeries for benign nodules has shown a...
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Jan. 2022 J. of Personalized Medicine. Wei-Che Lin et al Dr.Guttler’s comments: 5 medical centers were involved in this study. Goiter nodules of different sizes had >50% reductions. Conclusion: thyroid RFA is safe and reliable to treat...
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Why do Functional medicine physicians order this test when it has no clinical value in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease? Thyroid May 2018 Lopresti J.L. et al DR.Guttler’s comments: Article from USC thyroid Lab on orders of...
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Benign thyroid nodules class 11 are good candidates for Ablation. However, Class III will need more studies to be sure you don’t have a nodule with potential for thyroid cancer. A suspicious needle biopsy alone can lead to unnecessary...
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From the moment the lump in your neck is noted by you, family member or your primary physician, the first thought is do I have thyroid cancer? Will I see my kids grow up? The amount of anxiety, worry and fear increases when you are told you need...
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