Dr.Guttler’s Case was presented at the World Congress of Thyroid Cancer WCTC 4 on 10-17-21. Case Summary One year ago patient was diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. She elected to have a right parathyroidectomy. During the surgery the...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments: Read the article and see why RFA is a good alternative to active surveillance or surgery. Call me for details at 310-393-8860 or secure email at [email protected] Ask for Alicia Dr.G. RFA example for PTMC.A...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments: To avoid this kind of complication, the procedure should be performed under local anesthesia, Isthmus nodules need special preparation. In several thousand reported cases this outcome was not mentioned. It is a very...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments. The procedure used in this case report.The parathyroid adenoma was again visualized in real time using ultrasound. 2% lidocaine was used. This was followed by hydrodissection to avoid damage to the recurrent nerve. A...
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This is a common problem when the surgeons insist they know the right treatment for you. Even when you express your opinion about what treatment is best for you, they commonly refuse to listen and force their opinion or refuse to treat you if you...
More infoDR.Guttler’s comments: • RFA is an effective local control treatment option for recurrent PTCs even in the longer-term period with mean tumor VRR of 99.5% and the complete disappearance of the treated tumors in 91.3%. Shorter time frame...
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Study presented at the American Thyroid Association 2021 Objective Thyroid RFA should be a first line therapy for benign thyroid nodules. Three endocrinologists present their RFA treatment results on 73 cases treated in outpatient thyroid...
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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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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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