[Ways to decrease postoperative hypothyroidism in patients with diffuse toxic goiter]

The authors note that postoperative hypothyrosis is observed much more often than recurrences of thyrotoxicosis in patients with diffuse toxic goiter. The incidence of hypothyrosis is associated with the amount of the remnants of tissue, its functional abilities, regeneration, state of the hormonal and immune systems of the organism. The authors describe their method of determining the mass of the thyroid residue. The incidence of hypothyrosis was reduced from 43 up to 18%.