The Effect of I131 Treatment on Pregnancy Outcomes after Thyroidectomy
in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract
Objectives: This meta-analysis aims to investigate the association
between I131 treatment and pregnancy outcomes. Methods: Electronic
database PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were throughly searched
until December 2017. Databases were searched for studies that reported
the incidence of pregnancy outcomes (spontaneous abortion, induce
abortion, premature birth, stillbirth) in DTC participants with I131
treatment or not. Meta-analysis was performed in Stata/SE12. A random or
fixed effects model was adopted according to the result of heterogeneity
test. Results: A total of 6 observational studies were eligible,
involving 14132 participants and 2969 pregnancies. It showed that
postoperative I131 treatment for DTC had no significant effect on
spontaneous abortion (OR = 1.05, P = 0.701), induced abortion (OR =
1.06, P = 0.859), abortion (OR = 1.07, P = 0.597), premature birth (OR =
1.49, P = 0.073) and stillbirth (OR = 1.58, P = 0.364). The group in
which interval time between last I131 treatment and pregnancy
>1 year had significantly lower risk of abortion than with
interval <1 year (OR = 0.50, P = 0.000. Conclusions: I131
treatment for DTC had no significant effect on pregnancy outcomes.
Pregnancy is not recommended for DTC patients within 1 year after 131I
treatment.