Surgical Treatment of Thyrotoxicosis

Surgical treatment of thyrotoxicosis.

A retrospective study of thyrotoxic patients treated by subtotal thyroidectomy between 2 and 21 years ago in the north-east of Scotland showed that 20% of the patients could not be identified or traced at the time of the survey. The thyroid status of 40% of patients followed up was abnormal.It is now accepted that radioiodine treatment of thyrotoxicosis is followed by a significant incidence of...

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Surgical treatment of thyrotoxicosis in children and adolescents.

l Forty-one children and adolescents had thyroidectomies for Grave’s disease during an 8 yr period. Twenty patients became euthyroid within a short period after treatment with antithyroid drugs and had operations with minimal ditruption of their lives. Antithyroid drugs were administered to 20 patients for a longer period of time as a primary form of treatment for Grave’s disease. Complications...

Treatment of thyrotoxicosis.

In this review, the causes of thyrotoxicosis and the treatment of syndromes with increased trapping of iodine are discussed. The benefits and the potential side effects of 3 frequently used therapies--antithyroid medications, thyroidectomy, and (131)I treatment--are presented. The different approaches to application of (131)I treatment are described. Treatment with (131)I has been found to be c...

The treatment of thyrotoxicosis.