Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Radiofrequency Ablation of Papillary Thyroid Micro-carcinoma. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1.Incidental finding pre-op bariatric surgery found a < 1 cm suspicious nodule. A before the RFA B shows...
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Quality of Life After Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Dr.Valcavi’s group studied Forty patients (35 women and 5 men; age, 54.9 ± 14.3 years) with cold...
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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: Patients’ Treatment Choice for Low Risk Thyroid Cancer. DR.Guttler’s comments: Low risk thyroid cancer is a quality of Life issue. What option has the best options related to improving...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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