Does Surgery Without Lugol ’s Solution Pretreatment for Graves’ Disease Increase Surgical Morbidity?

ConclusionDespite the recommendation of iodine pretreatment, few of our non-pretreated patients experienced permanent nerve injury (2.37%) or permanent hypoparathyroidism (3.68%). These results are comparable to the outcomes from the literature. Randomized controlled trials are needed to determine whether iodine pretreatment is necessary before surgery for Graves ’ disease.

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Source: World Journal of Surgery - January 4, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: research