[Postoperative course and tactics of aftercare in hyperthyroidism]. / Postoperativer Verlauf und Taktik der Nachsorge der Hyperthyreose.
Chirurg
; 55(3): 171-3, 1984 Mar.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6546914
ABSTRACT
In a follow-up study of 112 patients who had subtotal thyroidectomy because of Graves' disease and nodular goitre with hyperthyroidism, 81% were euthyroid, 10,7% developed hypothyroidism and 8% had persistent or recurrent hyperthyroidism. 12,5% of the euthyroid patients had goitre; 10 of these patients had cold thyroid nodules. The assessment of the dignity of the cold nodules and guidelines for the therapeutic procedure are stressed. The importance of considering clinical findings on one hand and thyroid function tests on the other hand in the choice of effective treatment - prophylaxis against euthyroid goitre, substitution with hormones, iodine-131 therapy, antithyroid drugs or reoperation - is outlined.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Care
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Thyroidectomy
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Graves Disease
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Goiter, Nodular
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Hyperthyroidism
Type of study:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
De
Journal:
Chirurg
Year:
1984
Document type:
Article