Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: List of Thyroid conditions can be treated without surgery with Ethanol or Radiofrequency Ablation. 1. Class II cytology benign thyroid nodules. 2. Proven benign class III and IV cytology nodules...
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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: More extensive total thyroidectomy than is needed in 50% of Cases with class V cytology. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 25%-50% of Bethesda V thyroid nodules may be benign, noninvasive follicular...
More infoWe lost a great advocate who advanced thyroid disease diagnosis and treatment.
DR. Guttler’s Comments: Dan was a corporate type in addition to being a great physician. He was my guiding light who helped push for change in how we treat thyroid nodules and cancer.He even promoted my plan to get endocrinologists to the...
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Thyroid No Surgery: Beware of the Hurthle Cell HC Diagnosis that sends you to unnecessary thyroid surgery. Dr.Guttler’s comments: The scary diagnosis after a FNA is the presence of Hurthle Cells in a nodule in the thyroid gland. The...
More infoToo Many Thyroid Biopsies Results in Too Many Thyroid Surgeries: What To Do About?
Too Many Thyroid Biopsies Result in Too Many Thyroid Surgeries: What To Do About? DR.Guttler’s comments: The prevalence of thyroid nodules in the general population is high. At least half of those biopsied prove to be benign. Ultrasound...
More infoHashimoto Thyroiditis (CT) Effect 0n Thyroid Nodule Cytology and Risk of Thyroid Cancer
Hashimoto Thyroiditis Effect 0n Thyroid Nodule Cytology and Risk of Thyroid Cancer Dr.Guttler’s comments: A prospective of cohort analysis of 9851 consecutive patients with 21,397 nodules ≥1 cm who underwent nodule evaluation between 1995...
More infoThyroid No Surgery: Thyroid Center of Santa Monica Named to 2020 Top Thyroid Blog, Website and Influencer.
Thyroid Center of Santa Monica Named to 2020 Top Thyroid Blog, Website and Influencer. One of the few only true thyroid physician driven websites and blog. www.thyroid.com. American thyroid association thyroid.org is one of the others. Thyroid...
More infoReasons to Insist on an Thyroidologist to evaluate and if needed do the thyroid needle biopsy.
Reasons to Insist on an Endocrinologists to evaluate and if needed do the thyroid needle biopsy. DR. Brittany Henderson endocrinologist does over 100 biopsies a year. Dr.Guttler’s comments. Your primary is not qualified to do a...
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