A retrospective cohort study: do patients with graves' disease need to be euthyroid prior to surgery?

Abrar Al JassimTim WallaceSarah BouhabelAgnieszka MajdanMichael HierVeronique-Isabelle ForestRichard Payne

Published in: Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale (2018)

In our study, biochemically hyperthyroid patients undergoing thyroidectomy did not develop thyroid storm. Additional studies with larger sample sizes are needed to better understand the risk of thyroid storm in hyperthyroid patients.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
minimally invasive
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
coronary artery disease
surgical site infection
papillary thyroid
case control
patient reported