Total thyroidectomy is now the preferred option for the surgical management of graves' disease

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 321-324

  Barakate, Michael S ^a   Agarwal, Gaurav ^a   Reeve, Tom S ^a   Barraclough, Bruce ^a   Robinson, Bruce ^a,b   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Graves' disease; Hypoparathyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy; Thyrotoxicosis; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036094062     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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