Most patients diagnosed with a thyroid nodule are offered two options: watch it or remove it. Andy Manos, PA-C is on a mission to make sure a third option reaches every community in the country.
As a physician assistant and VP of Internal Growth at North Star Vascular Interventional in Minneapolis, Andy performs thyroid radiofrequency ablation in a community-based interventional radiology clinic — no hospital required, no general anesthesia, same day in and same day out. In this episode he joins Jennifer Holkem to pull back the curtain on why so many patients are never told about nonsurgical options, how financial incentives can push physicians toward surgery, and what a single question can do to change the entire direction of a thyroid consultation.
He also breaks down thyroid artery embolization using the most accessible analogy I've ever heard — a water balloon, a garden hose, and a Costco run — and explains why the sub-sternal goiter that makes surgeons nervous is exactly the case where TAE shines.
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Find Andy and North Star Vascular: northstarir.com
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