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Comparative Study
Journal Article
Current treatment of nodular goiter with hyperthyroidism (Plummer's disease): surgery versus radioiodine.
Surgery 2002 December
BACKGROUND: First described 9 decades ago by H. S. Plummer, thyroidectomy and radioiodine remain the 2 therapeutic modalities for toxic nodular goiter. The aim of this study was to determine its optimal treatment.
METHODS: The presentation, operative treatment, pathology, and clinical course of 362 consecutive patients treated at our institution for Plummer's disease from 1990 to 1999 were retrospectively reviewed.
RESULTS: Three hundred forty-six patients (63 men and 283 women) were treated surgically (181, 53%), with radioiodine (RAI, 157, 45%), or a combination of both (8, 2%). Mean age was 62 years (surgical, 55 years; RAI, 69 years). Nearly half were symptomatic, 51 (15%) with airway or swallowing compromise and 110 (32%) with cardiac complications. The estimated goiter size was larger (60 g or greater) in surgical (72 patients, 38%) than medically treated (45 patients, 29%) patients. RAI treatment dose averaged 28 mCi; 10 patients (6%) required a second treatment, and 8 patients failed treatment and required subsequent thyroidectomy. Types of thyroidectomy included total (29 patients, 16%), near-total (47 patients, 26%), bilateral subtotal (46 patients, 25%), and unilateral (58 patients, 32%). One month after treatment, hyperthyroidism had resolved in 96% of the surgical patients but only 6% of the RAI patients (mean time to resolution, 5.4 months). Only 55 (38%) of the RAI patients' goiters reduced in size. Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and hypoparathyroidism each occurred in 3 (2%) patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment results in rapid, reliable resolution of hyperthyroidism and removal of the nodular goiter with low morbidity and no mortality. RAI is also safe and effective, usually requiring a single dose, but the results are delayed and it usually fails to resolve a goiter.
METHODS: The presentation, operative treatment, pathology, and clinical course of 362 consecutive patients treated at our institution for Plummer's disease from 1990 to 1999 were retrospectively reviewed.
RESULTS: Three hundred forty-six patients (63 men and 283 women) were treated surgically (181, 53%), with radioiodine (RAI, 157, 45%), or a combination of both (8, 2%). Mean age was 62 years (surgical, 55 years; RAI, 69 years). Nearly half were symptomatic, 51 (15%) with airway or swallowing compromise and 110 (32%) with cardiac complications. The estimated goiter size was larger (60 g or greater) in surgical (72 patients, 38%) than medically treated (45 patients, 29%) patients. RAI treatment dose averaged 28 mCi; 10 patients (6%) required a second treatment, and 8 patients failed treatment and required subsequent thyroidectomy. Types of thyroidectomy included total (29 patients, 16%), near-total (47 patients, 26%), bilateral subtotal (46 patients, 25%), and unilateral (58 patients, 32%). One month after treatment, hyperthyroidism had resolved in 96% of the surgical patients but only 6% of the RAI patients (mean time to resolution, 5.4 months). Only 55 (38%) of the RAI patients' goiters reduced in size. Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and hypoparathyroidism each occurred in 3 (2%) patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment results in rapid, reliable resolution of hyperthyroidism and removal of the nodular goiter with low morbidity and no mortality. RAI is also safe and effective, usually requiring a single dose, but the results are delayed and it usually fails to resolve a goiter.
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