Thyroidectomy
Only about one in three patients becomes euthyroid after the first post-thyroidectomy dose calculation in prior studies. Total thyroidectomy is a useful setting for dose prediction because endogenous thyroid hormone production should be ab…
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Only about one in three patients becomes euthyroid after the first post-thyroidectomy dose calculation in prior studies. Total thyroidectomy is a useful setting for dose prediction because endogenous thyroid hormone production should be absent. The main indications discussed for total thyroidectomy are thyroid cancer, symptomatic goitre, and therapy-resistant Graves' disease.