Thyroid No Surgery 101: Thyroid Nodules Treated Without Surgery with Ethanol Ablation PEI Series of images by Dr.Enrico Papini showing the volume decrease from 18 ml to 0.4 ml by one year. Referral to an interventional thyroidologist doing...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Ethanol Ablation PEI all but Ignored by Endocrinologists and Surgeons? Why is a First Line Treatment for Benign Thyroid Cystic Nodules Underutilized in the USA? Why is this inhibiting the expanded use for recurrent nodal...
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Thyroid Tumor Ablation with Ethanol (PEI) 101: The Basics The basic methods for doing PEI for benign thyroid cysts,mixed cyst/solid and solid nodules with references. Comments by DR.G. 1.PEI Ethanol ablation uses a high concentration (95–99%) of...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Combination Therapy with Ethanol PEI and Radiofrequency Ablation RFA of Benign Thyroid Nodules Hye Sun Park et al Korean J Radiol. 2017 May-Jun; 18(3): 461–469. Comments of this article by DR.G. There are three ways of...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Post Ethanol Ablation PEI Ultrasound Patterns for Thyroid Cysts: Some Mimic Cancer Changes. Comments on this Study by DR.G.by Noh Hyuck Park et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…0.1002/jcu.20861 1.Long-term ultrasound (US)...
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Thyroid Ethanol Ablation PEI for Solid and Cystic Nodules.Yes Solid Nodules Can Be treated with Ethanol. Retention of the ethanol in the nodule and decreased vascularity are keys to being a candidate. Good response to ethanol therapy. ...
More info Thyroid No surgery 101: Thyroid Ethanol Ablation PEI Works for Some Solid Nodules Not Just thyroid cysts and is Cheaper Than Thyroid RFA and can be done in the USA : Which Ones? Comments about this topic by DR.G. Ethanol ablation is not just for...
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Thyroid Cancer No Unneeded Surgery 101; Low Risk= No or Less Surgery DR.G comments on this review article on low risk papillary thyroid cancers Juan P Brito et al BMJ 2014; 348 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g3045 1.Patients with these small...
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Thyroid Cancer No surgery 101: Thyroid Tumor Radiofrequency Ablation RFA for Recurrent Thyroid Cancers Dr.G. comments on this article in Korean Biomedical Reviews Thyroid tumor Radiofrequency ablation RFA, removes benign “nodules” from the...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: How to Avoid Unnecessary Testing, Biopsies and Surgery Refuse a thyroid ultrasound if requested by your physician if he or she can not give you an indication that it is really needed. Indications are a palpable nodule...
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Editorial to Endocrinologists: Don’t Let Radiologists Take Control of Thyroid Tumor Ablation of Nodules and Cancer. Since 1970’s I have seen endocrinologists slowly lose control of areas of medicine that could have resulted in a...
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Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer: What Should the Patient Do with This Diagnosis? Comments by Dr.Guttler. Dr.Guttler presentation on ethanol Ablation at national endocrine meeting. You have three choices...
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