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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: PET/CT can it Prevent futile surgery on indeterminate thyroid nodules? This paper suggests the answer is yes.

Posted June 6, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: PET/CT can it Prevent futile surgery on indeterminate thyroid nodules? This paper suggests the answer is yes.

Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: PET/CT can it Prevent futile surgery on indeterminate thyroid nodules? This paper suggests the answer is yes. E. deKoster et al Eur J. Nucl Med Mol Imaging  April 2022 49: 1970-84. Dr.Guttler’s...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Can PET/CT prevent surgery in Class III atypical thyroid nodules?

Posted June 2, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Can PET/CT prevent surgery in Class III atypical thyroid nodules?

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...

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Dr.Guttler’s Thyroid Patient Blog Post: When is Molecular Testing in Class III or IV nodules needed?

Posted June 1, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Thyroid Patient Blog Post: When is Molecular Testing in Class III or IV nodules needed?

Dr.Guttler’s Thyroid Patient Blog Post: When is Molecular Testing in Class III or IV nodules needed? Almost always! DR.Guttler’s Comments: The study results were that Cytology and Ultrasound were not able alone or together able to...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Hypothyroidism in the Elderly

Posted April 27, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Hypothyroidism in the Elderly

Reference: Leonidas H. Duntas  et al Endocrine volume 66, pages 63–69 (2019) Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. The population is aging with millions of people today living into their 90 s. 2.Hypothyroidism, is widespread and it is expected to...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Why Anti-Thyroid Drugs Are The Best Treatment Over Surgery or Radioiodine.

Posted April 27, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Why Anti-Thyroid Drugs Are The Best Treatment Over Surgery or Radioiodine.

Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Why Anti-Thyroid Drugs Are The Best Treatment Over Surgery or Radioiodine. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. This article reviews results in 4600 Graves’ patients. 2.Patients received ATD...

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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Infants at risk for thyroid dysfunction after contrast dye testing.

Posted March 31, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Infants at risk for thyroid dysfunction after contrast dye testing. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1.  3,481 patients under 3 years of age who were exposed to ICM, thyroid dysfunction was reported in...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Radiofrequency Ablation of Papillary Thyroid Micro-carcinoma.

Posted March 29, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Radiofrequency Ablation of Papillary Thyroid Micro-carcinoma.

Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Radiofrequency Ablation of Papillary Thyroid Micro-carcinoma. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1.Incidental finding pre-op  bariatric surgery found a < 1 cm suspicious nodule. A before the RFA B shows...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Quality of Life After Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation

Posted March 29, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Quality of Life After Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation

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...

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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: Patients’ Treatment Choice for Low Risk Thyroid Cancer. Add RFA to the Discussion.

Posted March 25, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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DR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: Patients’ Treatment Choice for Low Risk Thyroid Cancer. Add RFA to the Discussion.

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...

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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Information to patients and referring physicians on Thyroid RFA.

Posted March 23, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Dr.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...

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 Dr. Richard Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Blog Post

Posted March 22, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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 Dr. Richard Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Blog Post

 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...

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Testimonial For Dr.Guttler From a Thyroid Cancer Patient

Posted March 18, 2022 by Dr Guttler
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Testimonial For Dr.Guttler From a Thyroid Cancer Patient

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...

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