www.rfamd.com THYROID CENTER OF SANTA MONICA Dr.Richard Guttler 1328 16 th st. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA (310) 393.8860 thyroid.manager@thyroid.com Clinical and Interventional Thyroidologist Clinical Thyroidologist (1974 – present) ...
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Implications of RFA for patients undergoing thyroid surgery form benign disease in the USA. Surgery 2021 Kim et al July 22 2021 The number of patients who had thyroid surgery in this study who were eligible for alternative RFA therapy was...
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Dr.Guttler will be going on vacation from September 20-30 2021 and sabbatical for November 15 to December 15 2021. The 17 patients waiting for treatment in my office can save money by coming in before September 20th or during September 30th to...
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The American Thyroid Association has accepted our abstract on the results of 3 endocrine practice’s office based (OB) thyroid nodule RFA ablation. It will be presented at their 2021 national meeting. Dr. Kathleen Hands in Texas Brian...
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Endocrine Practice 27 ( 2021) page 691-97 Schumm M. et al Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Post lobectomy TSH of 87 115 patients had TSH >2. Older patients should think twice about a lobectomy unless necessary. Pre-lobectomy TSH > 1.8 was a...
More info Fewer complications. Shorter recovery time Quick return to normal work and leisure activities. Preserves your thyroid function. No life long thyroid medication. No general anesthesia Local only. No hospital admission. No surgical scar. No...
More infoRelieving symptoms and correcting the cosmetic problem is the goal.The treatment of a benign condition with surgery or RFA should have very low serious complications. I consider the loss of a patient’s normal voice for 6 months serious...
More infoThe importance of being awake during the procedure is to be able to tell the operator that there is a problem. Recent paper by a group of surgeons and endocrinologists had his quote. “Patients also had additional mild conscious sedation...
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