Thyroid Nodules No Surgery: 3-5 years after Thyroid Ethanol PEI or Radiofrequency Ablation RFA. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Benign thyroid nodules in 2019 do not need to be treated by invasive thyroid surgery. 2. Cystic nodules > 50%...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Don’t Let The Surgeon’s Use of the Word “CANCER” Scare You into Surgery When Surgery is Unnecessary. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: People more likely to want unnecessary surgery if word...
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Thyroglossal Duct Cyst 101: Ethanol Ablation Therapy PEI for Adults and Children. The standard therapy for TGD cyst is surgery. However there may be patients who do not want surgery. There is an example of another reason to have PEI and that is...
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Thyroid Diseases 101: A Patient’s List Dr.Guttler’s comments: The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped organ that sits in the front of the neck. It makes thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). Hyperthyroidism is one of...
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Thyroid nodule and Cancer cytology and surgical Pathology Reports: What Good Ones Should Include and When They May Have the Wrong Diagnosis Dr.Guttler’s comments: Over 40 years treating patients with thyroid cancer and nodules I have...
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Four Years After RFA for Thyroid Nodules= 93% Reduction (Case Study of the week) On July 17, 2014 in From the Doctors Desk. Lim et al Eur. Radiology April 2013,23(4) p. 1044-1049 126 benign nodules were treated by radiofrequency ablation(RFA)...
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Routine Thyroid nodule and cancer screening by ultrasound? You should say No Do not let your primary physician do routine ultrasound of your thyroid just because he has a portable unit like above, or has a sonographer doing studies on patients...
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