title: [Surgery of hyperthyroidism: introduction (author's transl)].
abstract: Of the patients operated upon for goiter (n = 1891) within the last 10 years, 625 had hyperthyroidism. Exophthalmia was present in 22.7% toxic nodular goiter in 26.5%; the remaining patients had autonomous adenoma. The different prognosis and treatment of Graves' disease in contrast to other kinds of hyperthyroidism is discussed. The importance of radioimmunoassays and scintigraphic methods as a basis of differentiated and functional surgical treatment is emphasized. Close cooperation among all medical branches involved in the treatment of goiter is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000601:surgery; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Chirurgie der Hyperthyreose. Einführung.