Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
Abstract
Abstract
During the period 1970–87, of 1580 patients operated on for non-toxic nodular goitre, 17 satisfied the laboratory criteria for iodine avidity. All of these goitres were non-endemic, with no evidence of enzymatic deficiency. Preoperative thyroxine markedly reduced the surgical morbidity by decreasing the size and vascularity of the gland.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)