Clinical Study
Thyroid Function after Subtotal Thyroidectomy in Patients with Graves’ Hyperthyroidism
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristic | N (%) or median (range) |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | 32 (11–63) | Age at surgery (years) | 34.5 (19–63) | Time between diagnosis and surgery (months) | 26.5 (3–112) | Sex | | Female | 56 (90.3%) | Male | 6 (9.7%) | Surgical indication | | Failed medical treatment | 54 (87.1%) | Mechanical obstruction | 2 (3.2%) | Cosmetic | 2 (3.2%) | Patient preference/refusal radioactive iodine treatment | 2 (3.2%) | Cold nodule | 1 (1.6%) | Pregnancy wish | 1 (1.6%) | Preoperative radioactive iodide treatment | | No | 49 (79.0%) | Yes | 13 (21.0%) | Previous medical treatment | | Antithyroid drugs (+ thyroxine + β-blocker) | 62 (100%) |
Duration of thyrostatic treatment(months) | 23 (4–73) | Medical treatment at the time of surgery | | Antithyroid drugs | 45 (72.6%) | Antithyroid drugs + amiodarone, Lugols or ipodate | 11 (17.7%) | Amiodarone | 1 (1.6%) | Ipodate | 5 (8.1%) |
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