Research Article
Change in Practice over Four Decades in the Management of Graves’ Disease in Scotland
Table 2
Outcomes after thyroidectomy according to decade.
| | | Total number of patients (%) | Remission rate (%) | Recurrence rate (%) |
| Group A
(1968–1977) | 241 (55%) | 214 (89%) | 11.4% | Group B
(1978–1987) | 321 (43%) | 295 (92%) | 7.3% | Group C
(1988–1997) | 229 (19%) | 217 (95%) | 3.2% | Group D
(1998–2007) | 167 (12%) | 167 (97%) | 3% |
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