The results of operative treatment of 1247 patients with thyrotoxic goiter are presented. Thyrotoxic crisis occurred in 0.9%, paresis of the inferior laryngeal nerve--in 1.0%, parathyroid insufficiency--in 0.8%, hypothyrosis--in 2.3% of the patients operated on. The postoperative lethality was 0.2%.
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