PubMed · 1120223
Thyroid function after subtotal thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism.
Abstract
Among 76 patients who had had a subtotal thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism from one to seven years previously recurrent hyperthyroidism was found in three and hypothyroidism in 13. The remaining 60 subjects were clinically euthyroid but a raised level of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH; greater than 5-0 mu U/ml) was found in 39. Analysis of the data showed that their serum thyroxine was significantly lower than in the subjects with a normal TSH. The serum triiodothyronine (T-3) was similar in both groups. It is concluded that subjects with a raised TSH remain clinically euthyroid by maintaining a normal serum T-3 concentration. There was no evidence of any long-term progressive deterioration of thyroid function after subtotal thyroidectomy.
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D Evered, E T Young, W M Tunbridge, B J Ormston, E Green, V B Petersen, P H Dickinson. 1975-01-04. Thyroid function after subtotal thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5948.25
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