Dr. Richard Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Blog Post This is a blog dedicated to helping patients with the anxiety causing problem of determining if they need surgery for their thyroid solid or cystic benign nodule, thyroid...
More infoDR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post#22 Yes, Runners Get Thyroid Disease, Too. Here’s Why That’s Confusing
Runner’s World Cindy Kuzma Mar 18, 2022 Last summer, as he prepared for the 2021 New York City Marathon, interval workouts like 800-meter and mile repeats still went fairly well. On his typically strong tempo and long runs, though, he...
More infoTestimonial For Dr.Guttler From a Thyroid Cancer Patient
Testimonial For Dr.Guttler From a Thyroid Cancer Patient ” This is my doctor. He is amazing. I was wary because he has reviews that are not favorable. Upon reading the reviews it’s clear that people have him poor reviews for two...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #22 Treatment of Thyroid Cancer with Radiofrequency Ablation part 3
Dr.Guttler’s comments: Complications, Protocol, Follow up and Conclusions 1. Complications are not common with treatment of small thyroid cancers but do occur. 2.RFA has an excellent safety profile for small thyroid cancers and benign...
More infoThe Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post#20 Treatment of Thyroid Cancer with Radiofrequency Ablation Part one
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Surgery was historically the treatment of choice for most thyroid cancer. 2.Active surveillance has emerged as an alternative for low-risk thyroid cancer in select patients. 3. However, not all patients want to...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #19 The Revolution Continues: Small Thyroid Cancers Don’t Need Surgery!
Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #19 The Revolution Continues: Small Thyroid Cancers Don’t Need Surgery! Dr.Guttler’s comments: It was only recently that surgery was king for all thyroid cancers. Surgery was displaced by...
More infoPioneer in Minimally Invasive Procedures: Dr.George Berci
DR. Guttler’s Comments: 1. A Pioneer in Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2. He is 101 years old and still has passion for his work. Arises early to walk go to the gym then spends 3 days a week at Cedars and the rest of the week he works form...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #18: Long Term Quality of life problems for thyroid cancer patients with long life expectations.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. One hundred fifty-two (52.4%) of 290 patients answered the questionnaire. 2.Physical functioning (PF) was worse in those survivors who were aged 50 years or older. 3.There was a statistically significant decrease...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid BlogPost #18 Just Say No to Radioiodine for low risk Papillary thyroid cancer
Patient Thyroid BlogPost #18 Just Say No to Radioiodine for low risk Papillary thyroid cancer. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. In patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer undergoing thyroidectomy, the postoperative administration of...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #17 Reduced Quality of Life with RAI/131 for Graves’ disease.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Study was to assess QoL in patients 6–10 years after treatment for Graves’ disease. 2. Patients treated with RAI had worse thyroid-related and general QoL than patients treated with ATD.Surgery has...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post #16 Miss leading paper of Quality of life after surgery for Graves’ and Toxic nodular goiter.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: In 2022 surgery and radioiodine are used less often than long term low dose Anti thyroid drugs. Surgery has it’s own loss of quality of life when complications occur and a scar is left , and life long thyroid...
More infoDr. Guttler’s Patient thyroid Blog Post#15: Primary hypothyroidism and quality of life
Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1. In the 1970s, treatment with thyroid extract was superseded by levothyroxine, a synthetic l form of tetraiodothyronine and is still there has been no major innovation since. 2.Adverse health effects have been...
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