title: [Treatment of hyperthyroidism in childhood and adolescence (author's transl)].
abstract: 33 cases of hyperthyroidism have been treated at "L'Hôpital Sainte-Justine" of Montréal, during the period 1961-1974. Nearly all patients were submitted to medical treatment. 15 were cured with medical treatment only, and 18 had to be submitted to a subtotal thyroidectomy. These two groups are compared and show the clear advantage of surgery in the treatment of this disease. There was no major post-operative complication. Two patients became definitively hypothyroid. The mean follow-up is five years and six months.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002231:Carbimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011441:Propylthiouracil; D002231:Carbimazole
vernacular_title: Traitement de l'hyperthyroïdie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent.