[Therapeutic strategy in Basedow's disease. Role of surgery]

A personal experience about 80 patients with Graves' disease treated by subtotal or total thyroidectomy is reported. The surgical procedures are discussed. Subtotal thyroidectomy has proved to be the therapy of choice. All followed patients (60) are euthyroid excepting 3 cases of relapsing hyperthyroidism and 6 cases of post-surgical hypothyroidism.