[The surgical treatment of patients with thyrotoxic goiter]

The results of operative treatment of 1247 patients with thyrotoxic goiter are presented. Thyrotoxic crisis occurred in 0.9%, paresis of the inferior laryngeal nerve--in 1.0%, parathyroid insufficiency--in 0.8%, hypothyrosis--in 2.3% of the patients operated on. The postoperative lethality was 0.2%.