Vnitr Lek 1992, 38(5):473-478

[Patients after thyroid gland surgery from the aspect of the endocrinologist].

M Tajtáková, D Trejbal, J Vajó, V Gonsorcíková, Y Machánová

I. interná klinika FNsP, Kosice.

The authors examined 85 patients after a mean interval of 2.5 years following thyroidectomy. They focused attention on evaluation of the functional state using as criteria the TSH and TRH test. Simultaneously they examined by ultrasonography the volume of the remainder of the thyroid gland. In 8 patients operated on account of carcinoma the average volume of the thyroid gland was 1.3 ml. Five patients were hypothyroid despite permanent substitution. Of 77 patients operated on account of benign goitre evident hypothyroidism was found in 29 (37.7%) and latent hypothyroidism in 14 (18.2%). The volume of the remainder of the thyroid gland in these patients was on average smaller than 4 ml, while in patients who were euthyroid after thyroidectomy the mean volume of the remaining thyroid was more than 4.5 ml.

Keywords: Adult; Aged; Female; Goiter, diagnosis, ; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Thyroid Neoplasms, diagnosis, ; Thyroidectomy

Published: May 1, 1992  Show citation