Efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for recurrent thyroid cancer invading the airways DR.Guttler’s comments: 119 patients with 172 recurrent tumors. Mean volume reduction was 81% +- 56%. 124/172 tumors disappeared. ( 72% ). Mean follow up...
More infoPost Pandemic: Dr. Guttler and his Staff are Ready to Keep You Out of the Hospital.
Post Pandemic: Dr. Guttler and his Staff are Ready to Keep You Out of the Hospital. Thyroid Radiofrequency RFA and Ethanol Ablation PEI are not hospital treatments. They are procedures done by endocrinologists with experience in intervetional...
More infoPatient Education Video From Honor Graduate of My Master’s Class in Interventional Thyroidology Kathleen Hands.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: Dr.Hands was one of the first endocrinologist to take my master’s class in interventional thyroidology. I am proud of my fellow interventional thyroidologist who left the university to strike out on her own...
More infoThyroid No Surgery or Observation for Small Papillary Thyroid Cancers
Thyroid No Surgery or Observation (Active Surveillance) for Small Papillary Thyroid Cancers (PTMC): Radiofrequency Ablation is a safe alternative. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1. 503 low-risk PTMCs in 470 patients treated by thermal ablation from...
More infoGoogle Search for Interventional Thyroidologists treating patients in his office with ethanol PEI and radiofrequency ablation RFA
Google Search for Interventional Thyroidologists treating patients in his office with ethanol PEI and radiofrequency ablation RFA. Dr.Richard Guttler was listed 6 out of 10 times on the first google search page out of 40,700 results (0.48...
More infoEthanol Ablation of a thyroid cyst and a recurrent cancer in a neck lymph node.
Ethanol Ablation of a thyroid cyst and a recurrent cancer in a neck lymph node. Dr.Guttler’s published video article in American Thyroid Association’s video-endocrinology journal.
More infoEthanol injection PEI for Branchial Cleft Cyst.
Dr.Guttler’s comments: In addition to thyroid, parathyroid and thyroglossal cysts we add brancial cleft cysts as treatment of choice with ethanol ablation therapy. We show 2 articles using ethanol ablation. Call Alicia for details at...
More infoWhy Thyroid Micropapillary thyroid cancer will be treated with radiofrequency RFA instead of Surgery or Active Surveillance.
Thyroid Cancer No surgery 101: Why Thyroid Micropapillary thyroid cancer will be treated with radiofrequency RFA instead of Surgery or Active Surveillance AS in 2020. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. AS has gained acceptance out side of Japan. 2...
More infoPTA No Surgery 101: Radiofrequency Ablation RFA for Parathyroid Adenoma PTA
PTA No Surgery 101: Radiofrequency Ablation RFA for Parathyroid Adenoma PTA. Inferior parathyroid adenoma is the most common location and is the best for RF ablation using Dextrose microdissection before the ablation. Dr.Guttler’s Comments...
More infoThyroid Cancer and Radiofrequency Ablation RF 101: Why Active Surveillance is Not an Attractive Alternative to Surgery.
Thyroid Cancer and Radiofrequency Ablation 101: Why Active Surveillance AS is Not an the most attractive alternative to Surgery to US cancer patients. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. Efforts to increase AS adoption in the U.S. should focus on...
More infoThyroid Radiofrequency Ablation of a Symptomatic Benign thyroid Nodule.
Thyroid Radiofrequeny Ablation of a Symptomatic Benign thyroid Nodule. Now that RFA is FDA approved there has been a flood of calls for this surgical alternative. Typical patient from yesterday who has explored alternatives and has decided to not...
More infoWhat Micro-papillary thyroid cancers are candidates for radiofrequency ablation instead of surgery or active surveillance?
What Micro-papillary thyroid cancers are candidates for radiofrequency ablation RFA instead of surgery or active surveillance? The vast majority of these small low risk cancers are able to be ablated with RFA. Several exceptions exists. Even...
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