ea0005p268 | Thyroid | BES2003
Cuthbertson D
, Jung R
, Leese G
The high prevalence of thyroid disease necessitates efficient and effective monitoring. We expanded a hospital-based register to a managed clinical network for almost 10,000 patients with thyroid disease. Evaluation of our network compared to register data from 1991 demonstrates changing trends in treatment of hyperthyroidism. Use of radio-iodine significantly increased (58 percent v 44 percent; p less than 0.001) with a reduction in thyroid surgery (34 percent v 47 percent; p...