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Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1989 March; 71(2): 87–91. | PMCID: PMC2498928 |
Thyroidectomy for Graves' disease: is hypothyroidism inevitable? M. Davenport and C. H. Talbot Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield. Abstract The outcome of 234 patients with Graves' disease treated by subtotal thyroidectomy over a 12-year period is analysed with specific reference to hypothyroidism. Of definite hypothyroid cases, 98% occurred within 2 years. Failure to develop hypothyroidism was statistically related to large remnant size and a large goitre preoperatively. Histological review showed that any degree of lymphocytic infiltration was associated with the development of hypothyroidism (50% vs 22%). Late onset hypothyroidism occurred rarely and is not an inevitable outcome of thyroid surgery in our hands. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (808K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - Beahrs OH, Sakulsky SB. Surgical thyroidectomy in the management of exophthalmic goiter. Arch Surg. 1968 Apr;96(4):512–516. [PubMed]
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