[Surgical treatment of toxic goiter in diabetes mellitus patients].

Under analysis were 55 cases of toxic goiter associated with diabetes mellitus. All the patients were operated upon with good early results. A scheme for the choice of necessary preoperative dosage of insulin is recommended. The authors believe the combination of toxic goiter and diabetes mellitus to be an indication for surgery. Decompensation of diabetes mellitus in patients with thyrotoxicosis is associated with the increased amount of contrinsular hormones. The operations resulted in the improvement of the course of both diseases.