Why the study?
What are the outcomes and complications of near-total or total thyroidectomy in patients with amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis?
What are the outcomes and complications of near-total or total thyroidectomy in patients with amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis?
Thyroidectomy is an effective definitive treatment for amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis that allows continuation of amiodarone therapy, but it carries a high risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality due to underlying cardiac comorbidities.
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Thyroidectomy may enable amiodarone continuation in refractory thyrotoxicosis; case reports leave open optimal selection and risk mitigation.
Houghton et al. (2004) studied this question.
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