Endocrine Abstracts

Methods: 157 patients (118 women and 39 men) aged from 30 to 73 years with radical treatment for Graves’ disease were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups depending on a type of radical treatment: 76 patients have received radioiodine therapy, 81 persons received surgical treatment. Quality of life assessment was made by SF-36 questionnaire which includes eight scales: (physical functioning (PF), role physical functioning (RPF), pain (B), general ...

Materials and methods: 157 patients (118 women and 39 men) aged from 30 to 73 years with radical treatment for Graves’ disease were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups depending: (76) included patients with low-normal level of TSH (0.4–2.0 mU/ml), the second group (81 patients) with upper-normal level of TSH 2.1–4.0 mU/ml. Quality of life was assessed with the help of the questionnaire Short-Form SF-36.Results...

Aim: To estimate influence of radioiodine treatment of Graves’ disease (GD) on course of Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO).Material and methods: 9 patients with GD and mild or moderate GO were included to the study (3 (33%) men and 6 (67%) women); the anamnesis of smoking had 4 persons (44%). Diagnosis of GO was evaluated by determination of severity and activity of disease with CAS, presents of diplopia, orbital ultrasound. CAS before radioiodine tr...