title: [Basedow's disease--thyroidectomy or subtotal resection?].
abstract: Postoperative complications and long-term results were retrospectively investigated after near total thyroidectomy due to Graves' disease in 73 patients. Postoperatively one permanent recurrent nerve palsy and one hypoparathyroidism were seen. Two patients had a postoperative bleeding and one patient had a wound infection. No patient died. After a median follow up time of 67 months 65 patients (89%) were seen. A recurrent hyperthyroidism developed 3% of the patients and 80% were hypothyroid. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of near total thyroidectomy in Graves' disease. With no mortality and low morbidity excellent long-term results could be achieved.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein- und Abdominalchirurgie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Böttger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome