From Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public: Several options to treat Graves’ disease exist, including long term treatment with anti-thyroid medications, surgery to remove the thyroid and radioactive iodine therapy to destroy the thyroid. Recently, a technique known as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been used to treat hyperthyroidism in recurrent Graves’ disease. In this study, the researchers evaluated the quality of life of Graves’ disease patients after treatment with surgery, radioactive iodine therapy or RFA. Read More…
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