Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: The Gold Standard Thyroid Nodule Evaluation: How to have the best chance to avoid surgery. 1. Endocrine evaluation, TSH,FT4,TPO, TIRADS Ultrasound, FNA. 2. Low risk ultrasound and Class II cytology...
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Can PET/CT prevent surgery in Class III atypical thyroid nodules? A.Piccardo et al Endocrine 2020 69-533-561 Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. 111 patients were classified as Class III cytology. 67Class...
More infoThyroid No Surgery: Beware of Physicians Ordering Unnecessary Thyroid Ultrasounds and Biopsies. Dr.Guttler’s comments: Thyroid ultrasound is not a screening test. It is a test that is used when there are indications. Family history of...
More infoToo 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...
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