Partial thyroidectomy for thyrotoxicosis

In a study of 235 consecutive patients who had undergone partial thyroidectomy for thyrotoxicosis 86 per cent of the patients who were traced were euthyroid. Only 9 per cent had developed hypothyroidism and 4per cent had become toxic again. It is concluded that the partial operation will render the great majority of patients euthyroid and that the subtotal operation should be abandoned.