Clinical Study
Long-Term Effect of Surgery in Graves’ Disease: 20 Years Experience in a Single Institution
Table 2
Postoperative thyroid function after subtotal thyroidectomy at 3 months and thyroid function distribution by amount of remnant thyroid.
| Postoperative thyroid function | | Remnant thyroid weight | | Subtotal thyroidectomy ( = 254) | <4.0 g | ≥4.0 g and <6.0 g | ≥6.0 g | | ( = 73) | ( = 153) | ( = 28) | | % | | % | | % | | % |
| Hypothyroidism | 235 | 92.5% | 69 | 95.8% | 141 | 92.2% | 25 | 89.3% | 0.671 | Euthyroidism | 17 | 6.7% | 3 | 4.2% | 11 | 7.2% | 3 | 10.7% | | Hyperthyroidism | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | | |
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