R24. If surgery is chosen as the primary therapy for GD, near-total or total thyroidectomy is the procedure of choice. 1/++0
R25. If surgery is chosen as the primary therapy for GD, the patient should be referred to a high volume thyroid surgeon. 1/++0
R26. Following thyroidectomy for GD, the task force suggests that serum calcium or intact parathyroid hormone levels be measured, and that oral calcium and calcitriol supplementation be administered based on these results. 2/+00