Surgical treatment of Graves’ disease: Subtotal thyroidectomy might still be the preferred option
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Total thyroidectomy replaces subtotal thyroidectomy as the preferred surgical treatment for Graves' disease.
BACKGROUND Total thyroidectomy is increasingly being adopted for patients requiring surgical treatment for Graves' disease based on a comparable surgical risk and the lack of recurrence, as well as the questionable ability of subtotal thyroidectomy to maintain euthyroidism. The purpose of the present paper was to evaluate its safety and efficiency. METHODS Total thyroidectomy was adopted as p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1648-9144
DOI: 10.3390/medicina44010004