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Indications

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Indications for surgery include:

  • malignancy
  • large, retrosternal or nodular goitre
  • pressure symptoms eg. thoracic outlet obstruction
  • failure of other therapy:
    • refusal to comply with antithyroid drugs
    • intolerance eg. hypersensitivity to antithyroid drugs
  • the need for a quick and effective cure, for example in Grave's disease in the young, where the disease might be expected to continue for some years
  • impatient patient
  • demoralised patient

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