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 #5 Patient’s Blogpost: Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: No Surgery but Ethanol Ablation Therapy PEI for Adults and Children.
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: Ethanol Ablation Therapy PEI for Adults and Children. The old standard therapy for TGD cyst is surgery. However there may be patients who do not want surgery for the fear of the scar or surgical post op complications. PEI...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. There is a debate on the use of “low dose” ethanol vs standard dosing. 2. Considering the very low complication rate of EA, even when a dose of more than 5 mL is used, the advantage of low-dose EA is...
More infoEthanol Ablation Instead of Surgery for Your Thyroglossal Duct Cyst (TGD Cyst)
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. 75 patients with TGD cysts were studies. 2. Follow up in many up to 131 months found 83% success rate with 82% reduction in size. 3. No patients developed malignancy from the ablated TGDCs but one patient (1.5%...
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