Choice of Therapy for Graves' Hyperthyroidism

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Abstract
Surgery, antithyroid drugs, and radioiodine are all effective for the treatment of adult Graves' hypcrthyroidism. However, reports in the medical literature present widely varying and often conflicting data with regard to cure, relapse, frequency of side effects, cost, and convenience. The differences are probably related to differences in patient classification and selection, quality and duration of follow-up, and immunologic and nutritional status. Furthermore, the natural tendency for patients with Graves' disease to become hypothyroid eventually and the unpredictable nature of surgical complications, adverse drug reactions, and radiation sensitivity may perplex the therapist.Surgery produces a rapid and permanent cure of . . .