[Surgical treatment of postoperative recurrences of thyrotoxicosis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis]

Of 228 patients operated on for postoperative recurrence of diffuse toxic goiter, in 77 (33.8%) thyrotoxicosis was associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. The method of surgical treatment stipulated preservation of the optimal volume of thyroid gland parenchyma with regard to autoimmune processes, objectivization of a stump size, a number of technical manoeuvres. Analysis of the immediate and long-term results of treatment confirms the expediency to perform reoperations in such patients.