Spotlight on Dr.Guttler’s 2020 RFA Treatment Problems due to the Pandemic. After years waiting for FDA approval to use RFA for thyroid nodules it happened in 2018. Just when we were getting up to speed and doing 16 thyroid nodules the...
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Spotlight on Dr.Guttler’s Career. After fellowship I opened his thyroid center in Santa Monica. After survey of the local hospital records for thyroid surgery he noted they took out many thyroid nodules that were benign. Only 5% were...
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Pneumocystis carinii Thyroiditis Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature Richard Guttler, MD; Peter A. Singer, MD Santa Monica thyroid Center 1 Keck /USC Medical School 2 Arch Intern Med. 1993;153(3):393-396...
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After returning from my drafted 2 years in the army, I returned to LAC/USC to complete my residency. I began working with my mentor Dr.Nicoloff in clinical and research thyroidology. With his help I received a 2 year NIH fellowship to study under...
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Minocycline in the Chemoprophylaxis of Meningococcal Disease Richard B. Guttler, Harry N. Beaty DOI: 10.1128/AAC.1.5.397 ABSTRACT An outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred among basic combat trainees at Fort Lewis, Wash., in the first 3...
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SAT-LB77 Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation: A New Office Based Procedure for Endocrinologists Richard B Guttler, MD,FACE,FACP,ECNU Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 4, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2020, SAT-LB77...
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Thyroid Microwave Ablation MWA of Thyroid Nodules: US-guided Microwave Ablation of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Longer-Term Results of a Prospective Study Wen-Wen Yue et al The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism...
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US-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Efficacy and Safety in a Large Population. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Small papillary thyroid cancers <1.5 cm are biopsied on occasion when US changes suggest...
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Parathyroid Radiofrequency Ablation PRFA for Parathyroid Adenoma PTA: Less expensive than surgery or medical treatment. Several studies have shown that PRFA is an alternative to parathyroid surgery or medical treatment. The cost of parathyroid...
More info Google Rank for Thyroid Procedures and Specialists. Endocrinologist treating parathyroid adenoma with radiofrequency ablation in his office. First page atNumber 2 out of 250,000 results. parathyroid adenoma in red with dextrose hydrodissection...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: The days of all thyroid cancers going to the surgeon to have their thyroid removed is over. Case: A 35 Y/O male has evaluated for enlarged neck lymph nodes and during the evaluation a neck ultrasound found 2 micro nodules...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Thyroid RFA more effective than Laser Ablation. DR.Guttler’s Comments: 1. In conclusion of this study was that thyroid RFA achieved better volume reduction at six months than Laser. However, the success rate and...
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