Thyroid Radiofrequency RFA Road Map to Success for Your treatment of Thyroid Nodule or Cancer.
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Do not settle for the surgeon’s initial recommendation, but seek outside opinions.
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Thyroid surgery is not an emergency even for thyroid cancer. You have time to explore other options.
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Do your homework and look on the internet for information on alternative therapies including ethanol PEI and RFA.
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Read about the success of RFA and ethanol ablation PEI treatment without surgery for cysts,nodules and selected cancer.
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Find a interventional thyroidologist to help you toward your goals.
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Send your records including ultrasounds and biopsies prior to the consultation.
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Set up a consultation to see if thyroid RFA is right for you.
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If you are a candidate, you need blood tests, including clotting screen.
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Questions are asked to see if you have any serious illnesses, allergies, metal objects in your body from past surgery, and no pacemaker.
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Set a date for the 20-30 minute office procedure done under local Lidocaine injection of the skin and thyroid capsule.
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Pain is minimal as the sensory nerves are only on the capsule and skin. There none in the thyroid or nodule.
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There are minimal side effects and recovery is quick. Most patients leave after 45-60 minutes observation.
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Many return to work.
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Post thyroid RFA follow up is at 3,6, and 12 months.
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Thyroid RFA is less expensive done out of the hospital or imaging centers under local in my office.
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It is presently not covered but a medical loan can be obtained to pay the physician. The cost of Thyroid RFA is less than surgery and is about the same as the surgery co-pay.
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If you are serious in wanting to keep your thyroid gland and not have the need for thyroid hormone replacement post surgery, call me now.
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310-393-8860, or thyroid.manager@thyroid.com.
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Don’t be fooled by ads and websites by universities, hospitals, and radiologists who are new to treating thyroid patients.
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I have 8 years experience working with thyroid RF equipment.
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Dr.G.
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