Thyroidectomy Remains a Safe Option for Graves' Disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2019
Abstract
Total thyroidectomy (TT) or near-TT (NTT) is often recommended over medical management for the treatment of Graves' disease (GD). We assess the safety within surgical subspecialties at our institution for TT/NTT in GD patients. A retrospective review of patients undergoing TT/NTT for GD was performed from 2004 to 2016. Patient factors, thyroid size, surgeon subspecialty, and intraoperative/postoperative outcomes were all reviewed. Multivariate analyses were used to determine risk factors for complications. A total of 383 patients underwent TT/NTT. Two hundred thirty-three patients underwent TT/NTT by otolaryngology (n = 233, 60.8%), surgical oncology (n = 140, 36.6%), general surgery (n = 8, 2.1%), and unknown (n = 2, 0.5%). On multivariate analysis, surgical duration was longer for males (
Volume
85
Issue
8
First Page
851
Last Page
854
ISSN
1555-9823
Published In/Presented At
Feaster, A., DeCapua-Guarino, A., Wolf, M., Dove, J., Fluck, M., & Oxenberg, J. (2019). Thyroidectomy Remains a Safe Option for Graves' Disease. The American surgeon, 85(8), 851–854.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
32051065
Department(s)
Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article