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...
More info
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 info
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 info
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 info
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 info
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 info
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 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 info
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 info
Dr.Guttler’s comments: Surgery vs RFA for micro-thyroid cancers. RFA is the only treatment that dose not have a scar, surgical complications or the need to take thyroid hormone for life. There were significantly more patients with transient...
More info
Dr.Guttler’s Comments: In this study 969 hypothyroid patients answered the QoL questions. Dissatisfaction with treatment was common (77.6%), and overall QOL scores were low. There was no significant between LT4 vs LT4/LT3 combination...
More info
Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Thyroid cancers are usually treated with surgery. However small low risk papillary thyroid cancer can be treated without surgery. A major complication to be avoided if alternative therapy with radiofrequency ablation...
More info