Abstract Treatment of hyperthyroidism is still debated, surgery in particular is conceived as the last step of a multidisciplinary approach. 130 patients were reviewed in a follow-up based on a double cell at fixed dates, after subtotal thyroidectomy for multinodular and diffuse toxic goiter. Clinical and laboratory tests (T3, T4, TSH) showed a rate of 9.1% of recurrent toxicity and 20.7% of hypothyroidism. These data confirm that surgery offers satisfactory results in the management of hyperthyroidism if indications are carefully followed. It is also shown that TSH has a predictive role in the screening of patients at risk of developing postoperative hypothyroidism.
Surgery of toxic goiter: indications and long-term results / Califano, Giuseppe; Abate, Sergio; Ferulano, GIUSEPPE PAOLO; Danzi, Michele. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-3525. - STAMPA. - 15:3(1985), pp. 233-237.
Surgery of toxic goiter: indications and long-term results.
CALIFANO, GIUSEPPE;ABATE, SERGIO;FERULANO, GIUSEPPE PAOLO;DANZI, MICHELE
1985
Abstract
Abstract Treatment of hyperthyroidism is still debated, surgery in particular is conceived as the last step of a multidisciplinary approach. 130 patients were reviewed in a follow-up based on a double cell at fixed dates, after subtotal thyroidectomy for multinodular and diffuse toxic goiter. Clinical and laboratory tests (T3, T4, TSH) showed a rate of 9.1% of recurrent toxicity and 20.7% of hypothyroidism. These data confirm that surgery offers satisfactory results in the management of hyperthyroidism if indications are carefully followed. It is also shown that TSH has a predictive role in the screening of patients at risk of developing postoperative hypothyroidism.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
