ea0021p384 | Thyroid | SFEBES2009
Ali Sarah
, Pontello Linda
, Mehta Sanjeev
, Darko Daniel
, McHardy-Young Stuart
Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy is the usual treatment of choice for hyperthyroidism. We have demonstrated a success rate of 88% (euthyroidism or hypothyroidism) over a 5-year period. We are very happy to recommend RAI, however patients still express concerns.There is little literature available about patientsÂ’ reactions to RAI: to our knowledge, only two studies. We performed a survey of our RAI treated patients. Of 143 patients contacted, 87 repl...