Hyperthyroidism with radioactive iodine-131

Abstract

We looked into the restorative records of patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism who were treated with iodine-131 between 1996 and 2002. Of the 135 patients, satisfactory data was gotten on the comes about of at slightest 24-month follow-up in 70 of them. Iodine-131 was given in a single measurements at a rate (200 microcuries / g of organ weight redressed to 100% iodine take-up after 24 hours). Methimazole treatment was suspended a week some time recently the organization of iodine-131. Treatment was considered fruitful with either or hypothyroidism. In follow-up examinations conducted after 12 months of application of the treatment, 81.2% of treatment victory rates were found, whereas in examinations conducted after 24 months, the rate come to 88.3%. This near the rates shown in the various sources.