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...
More infoDr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Information to patients and referring physicians on Thyroid RFA.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Despite the increasing evidence of safety and efficacy of EA and RFA for benign thyroid nodules, there is still a large variation in the application of the different available techniques among different countries...
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 #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’s #3 Blogpost: Thyroid Diseases 101: A Patient’s List Dr.Guttler’s comments:
Thyroid Diseases 101: A Patient’s List Dr.Guttler’s comments: The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped organ that sits in the front of the neck. It makes thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). Hyperthyroidism is one of...
More infoSince 2013 Dr.Guttler has Been the First US Thyroidologist to Have Experience Learning and Teaching Thyroid RF to Thyroid Physicians.
Since 2013 Dr.Guttler has Been the First US Thyroidologist to Have Experience Learning and Teaching Thyroid RF to Thyroid Physicians. In 2018 he finally began treating patients after late FDA approval. Image is of Dr.Guttler treating a patient of...
More infoRGS Health’s Rudy Garay held a RFA introduction workshop for 8 thyroid physicians in Irvine California
RGS Healthcare’s Rudy Garay held a RFA introduction workshop for 8 thyroid physicians in Irvine California in May 8th. 8 thyroid physicians were present for lectures by Kathleen Hands and Richard Guttler followed by two workshops. One was a...
More infoAutonomous Thyroid Nodule AFTN Treatment with radiofrequency ablation RFA vs Radioiodine therapy.
Nodule AFTN Treatment with radiofrequency ablation RFA vs Radioiodine therapy RAI. DR.Guttler’s comments: The RAI group had patients develop hypothyroidism needing life time thyroid hormone replacement. 5/25 patients developed clinical...
More infoThyroid No Surgery or Radiation for Autonomous Functioning Thyroid Nodules: Radiofrequency Ablation is the treatment of choice in 2021.
Thyroid No Surgery or Radiation for Autonomous Functioning Thyroid Nodules AFTN: Radiofrequency Ablation should be the treatment of choice in 2021. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Until recently the treatment for toxic or AFTN’s was surgery or...
More infoThyroid No Radioactive Iodine: Novel Approach for Treating Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules AFTN or Toxic nodules with Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation.
DR.Guttler’s Comments: Image of an AFTN with “hot uptake on thyroid imaging. Excellent review of the use of thyroid RFA for AFTNs. In place of radioiodine radiation or thyroid surgery, RFA is the treatment of choice for...
More infoDo You Have a Hot Thyroid Nodule also called Autonomous Functioning Nodule? New treatment with radiofrequency ablation without either radioiodine or surgery.
Do You Have a Hot Thyroid Nodule also called Autonomous Functioning Nodule AFTN? New treatment with radiofrequency ablation RFA without either radioiodine or surgery. Eur Radiol Aug 2020. H J Kim et al Dr.Guttler’s comments: Systematic...
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