Dr.Guttler’s comments: Many patients have a fear of radiation and also have misgivings about thyroid surgery. For those patients RFA is an excellent alternative. RFA remains a valid second-line option for AFTN treatment in case of...
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Inoperable Symptomatic Recurrent Thyroid Cancers: Preliminary Result of Radiofrequency Ablation Dr.Guttler’s comments: Thyroid RFA is usually for benign thyroid nodules and small primary micro-papillary thyroid cancers. However, it is also...
More infowww.rfamd.com THYROID CENTER OF SANTA MONICA Dr.Richard Guttler 1328 16 th st. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA (310) 393.8860 [email protected] Clinical and Interventional Thyroidologist Clinical Thyroidologist (1974 – present) Thyroid...
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Implications of RFA for patients undergoing thyroid surgery form benign disease in the USA. Surgery 2021 Kim et al July 22 2021 The number of patients who had thyroid surgery in this study who were eligible for alternative RFA therapy was...
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Check out alternative minimally invasion procedures by checking the internet. Consider getting an outside opinion. If your surgeon is refuses to listen to you, you can insist your case be presented to the hospital tumor board. The board has other...
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Dr.Guttler will be going on vacation from September 20-30 2021 and sabbatical for November 15 to December 15 2021. The 17 patients waiting for treatment in my office can save money by coming in before September 20th or during September 30th to...
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LeClair K, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2021;doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4804. DR.Guttler’s Comments: Women should be aware that many of these small thyroid cancers that come to attention in the absence of symptoms or evidence of...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments: For carefully selected PTMC, RFA did not have inferior oncologic outcomes after 5 years of follow-up when compared with open surgery THYCA-QoL questionnaire, a specific scale for thyroid cancer patients, to evaluate...
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70 pound F with 10 year history of severe weight loss with symptoms for vomiting undigested food and dysphagia has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and a “thyroid nodule” on outside Ultrasound. Neck examination was negative for a thyroid...
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Dr.Guttler’s Comments. Indian Study of 10 patients with the use of RFA for parathyroid adenoma instead of surgery. 9/10 no complications.1/10 had transient hoarseness for 3 weeks. Conclusion was radiofrequency ablation of parathyroid...
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50 Y/O female with a large thyroid nodule who was told to have surgery after the FNA was class III atypical cells, and a AFIRMA GSC classifier suspicious.She was told she had a 50% chance of cancer. She had the nodular goiter for years 2004. She...
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This is a letter from a patient told to have surgery asking me about thyroid RFA. The physicians caring for her never mentioned approved alternative therapy. They did not even mention active surveillance. “What is considered a low risk...
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