Thyroid Center of Santa Monica Named Top 40 Thyroid Blog Hi Dr.Guttler, My name is Anuj Agarwal. I’m Founder of Feedspot. I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Thyroid Center of Santa Monica has been selected by our...
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When do I consider Active Surveillance AS with deferred surgery for my <1.5 micro-papillary cancer if needed over immediate thyroid surgery? GRiffin et al Thyroid Jan. 27 2017, studied 243 cases of thyroid cancer to see how many would have...
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Thyroid Nodules 2017 Treatment Options in addition to Surgery or Radioiodine. Thyroid Nodule Guidelines from American College of Endocrinology: Gharib et al Endocrine Practice May 12 2016 Thyroid hormone suppression has limited use for most...
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Ethanol vs Radiofrequency Ablation of Cystic Thyroid Nodules? Baek et al in the Korean J Radiology Nov 20 2015 studied both to see which was the preferred therapy for cystic nodules. RFA was as good as ethanol but not better. It is easier and...
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Recurrence after Microwave ablation( MWA ) of thyroid nodules WAng et al found 3 reasons for failed MWA procedure. Similar toradiofrequency ablation RFA they are 1.large initial volume of nodule. 2. Vascular nodules on Doppler. 3. Higher energy...
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Thyroid cancer and Pregnancy 60% Thyroid cancer patients before pregnancy had an excellent response to therapy, 15% had structural incomplete response Some thing present of imaging , and 10% had biochemical incomplete Only thyroglobulin but no...
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Microwave MA vs Radiofrequency RFA ablation for thyroid nodules. Yue et al study in Endocrine Dec 1 2-16 compared the two. 158 treated with MA and 102 treated with RFA. They found that results were similar in reduction in size, therapeutic...
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Using Ethanol or Radiofrequency Ablation RFA for Those <1.5 cm Classic papillary Cancer in Patients Who Don’t Want to Just Use Active Surveillance or Surgery: The future use RFA and Ethanol ablation have been used in treatment of...
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HIFU for Benign Solid Thyroid Nodules? Mixed Results Kovatcheva et al studied 20 patients size 5 ml =- 2.8 ml with high intensity focused ultrasound. The volume reduction varied from 47%+- 24%. The high Doppler blood flow nodules and hypoechoic...
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Stay away from Low Volume Thyroid Surgeons When You need a total thyroidectomy or neck dissection. The 25 cases a year of total thyroidectomies has a clear brake point between surgeons giving you increased risk of complications compared to...
More info HIFU: Another Alternative to Thyroid surgery for Thyroid Nodules? What is HIFU? High Intensity Focused Ultrasound.It is dual focus of two sonar beams to a focal point to make heat. This heat is enough to destroy benign thyroid nodules. A recent...
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Beware of Physicians Ordering a Routine or Screening Thyroid Ultrasound. If you came from an iodine deficient country, even if you have no clinical indication of thyroid disease studies show a high rate of goiter and nodules. Germany 17% of 635...
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