[Surgical treatment of Graves' disease : a survey (author's transl)].
A follow up study of 63 patients treated by subtotal thyroidectomy for diffuse toxic goitre was reported. The patients were operated when they were euthyroid, after a prolonged treatment with carbimazole and a short one with iodide solution. Only 3 or 4 g. of thyroid tissue remained after surgery. No serious complication, specially ocular, was seen. No patient was hyperthyroid 6 months after surgery and only one relapsed after 2 years. Hypothyroidism was observed in 35 % of cases within the 6 months after surgery and was increased up to 50 % after 5 years.
D000328:Adult; D002231:Carbimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D002231:Carbimazole
Une expérience de traitement chirurgical de la maladie de Basedow.