The Place of Surgery in Thyroidal Autoimmune Conditions
The Place of Surgery in Thyroidal Autoimmune Conditions
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Constantinos Avgoustou Avgoustou Eirini
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Constantinos AvgoustouDepartment of Surgery, General Hospital of Nea Ionia Constantopoulion-Patission “Aghia Olga”, Athens, Greece
A B S T R A C T
The two most common autoimmune conditions of the thyroid gland, Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease (GD) are the frequent causes of inflammation of the thyroid, with major consequences in the function of the organ, which is substantially disturbed in the prolonged disease. Although medical treatment is always the primary and mostly the unique consideration for the treatment of both diseases, there are certain indications that make surgery inevitable and essential to their management.
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Review ArticlePublication history
Received: Thu 04, Feb 2021Accepted: Fri 19, Feb 2021
Published: Sat 06, Mar 2021
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© 2023 Constantinos Avgoustou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.03.04