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 #17 Reduced Quality of Life with RAI/131 for Graves’ disease.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Study was to assess QoL in patients 6–10 years after treatment for Graves’ disease. 2. Patients treated with RAI had worse thyroid-related and general QoL than patients treated with ATD.Surgery has...
More infoRFA and Radioiodine: Alternative to Surgery for Large Toxic Nodules.
Thermal ablation plus RAI has been used in Large toxic nodules. ( Mader A et al Int J. Hyperthermia 2017 3 (8) 895-904. The size reduction and relief of symptoms was noted with return of euthyroid status. Combined therapy can reduce the number of...
More infoPlaying Defense From the Start: Know The Thyroid Neighborhood Richard Guttler MD Interventional Thyroidologist
Playing Defense From the Start: Know The Thyroid Neighborhood. Richard Guttler MD Interventional Thyroidologist Dr.Guttler’s Lecture on May 8th in Irvine California to future thyroid physicians during a workshop with cadavers and models...
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 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 infoInterventional Thyroidologist: They are the ones to find a way to prevent unnecessary surgery.
Interventional Thyroidologist: They are the ones to find a way to prevent unnecessary surgery for thyroid and neck cysts and solid toxic nodules and cancer lymph nodes with ethanol ablation PEI. Treat benign thyroid nodules with either ethanol if...
More infoWhat Is Interventional Thyroidology?
What Is Interventional Thyroidology? Interventional thyroidology is an emerging field that uses percutaneous (i.e. through the skin), image-guided procedures to treat thyroid diseases. Interventional thyroidology uses less invasive techniques...
More infoQuestions: What conditions are treated with thyroid RFA?
Questions: What conditions are treated with thyroid RFA?
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 infoThyroid No Surgery: DR. Guttler’s Blog is the number one place to learn about your options when presented with a thyroid diagnosis your physicians say can only be treated by thyroid surgery.
Thyroid No Surgery: DR. Guttler’s Blog is the number one place to learn about your options when presented with a thyroid diagnosis your physicians say can only be treated by thyroid surgery. My blog and website are listed a top site for...
More infoOne Visit Evaluation to See If you are a candidate for alternative therapy with ethanol or radiofrequency ablation with complete testing done by Dr.Guttler in His Office.
One Visit Evaluation to See If you are a candidate for alternative therapy with ethanol PEI or radiofrequency ablation RFA with complete testing done by Dr.Guttler in His Office. Here a list of the thyroid and parathyroid and neck cysts treated...
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