Changing trends in surgery for Graves’ disease: a cohort comparison of those having surgery intended to preserve thyroid function with those having ablative surgery

BACKGROUND: Surgery for Graves’ disease may be performed with the intent of preserving thyroid function (subtotal thyroidectomy) or ablating thyroid function (total thyroidectomy). This study examines the evolving practice in a specialist endocrine surgical unit. METHOD: Longitudinal cohort study of...

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Autores principales: Al-Adhami, Ahmed, Snaith, Ailsa C, Craig, Wendy L, Krukowski, Zygmunt H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23718902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1916-0216-42-37

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23718902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1916-0216-42-37

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