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Preoperative Short‐Term Efgartigimod Benefits Myasthenia Gravis Patients Undergoing Thymectomy
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Background and Objectives Thymectomy is an effective way to alleviate muscle weakness for myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with and without thymoma. However, thymectomy may exacerbate MG. Efgartigimod as a neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) blocker has been found to be effective in generalized MG, and this study aims to explore whether application of ...
Xiao-He Zhang +9 more
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Venous thromboembolism after adult thymus or thymic tumor resection: A single‐center experience
Thoracic Cancer, 2020 Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common postoperative complication. Previous studies have shown that the VTE incidence after major thoracic surgery is high. However, there have been no exclusive data after thymectomy thus far.
Xingguo Yang +8 more
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La linfoadenectomia robotica e a cielo aperto nel NSCLC in stadio iniziale [PDF]
, 2014 La linfoadenectomia è una fase fondamentale nel trattamento e stadiazione del NSCLC. In tale lavoro, vengono posti a confronto due approcci chirurgici differenti nell'esecuzione del campionamento dei linfonodi: l'approccio toracotomico o a cielo aperto e
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Awake Thoracotomy in an Obese Case of Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Introduction: Awake thoracic surgery is an old procedure still being used to this day for various indications, utilizing many different techniques for local analgesia. Case Presentation: We described the case of a 60‐year‐old obese heavy smoker, with significant respiratory and cardiac morbidity, who presented with signs of cardiac tamponade secondary ...
Malek Itmaiza +6 more
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Robotic thymectomy for ocular myasthenia gravis: a case series from a UK tertiary centre
BMJ Neurology OpenBackground Ocular myasthenia gravis (oMG), characterised by ptosis and diplopia, may progress to generalised MG (gMG). Thymectomy is established for seropositive gMG, but its role in oMG remains unclear.
David Lawrence +5 more
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy in myasthenic children
Pediatric Reports, 2013 Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease marked by weakness of voluntary musculature. Medical and surgical therapy of adult myasthenia is well documented. There is little pediatric surgical evidence, only a few case reports being available.
Rita Sonzogni +6 more
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Report on first international workshop on robotic surgery in thoracic oncology [PDF]
, 2016 A workshop of experts from France, Germany, Italy, and the United States took place at Humanitas Research Hospital Milan, Italy, on February 10 and 11, 2016, to examine techniques for and applications of robotic surgery to thoracic oncology.
Alloisio, Marco +13 more
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Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2016 Background and objective Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) theoretically offers advantages over open thymectomy for clinically early-stage (Masaoka-Koga stage I and II) thymic malignancies. However, longterm outcomes have not been well studied.
Hao WANG +23 more
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Short-Term Perioperative Outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Versus Open Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic MedicineIntroduction: Thymectomy is a crucial aspect of managing myasthenia gravis (MG). Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) offers a less invasive option compared to traditional open transsternal thymectomy.
Ghasem Amini +5 more
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BMC SurgeryBackground Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) thymectomy has been increasingly performed for treating thymic epithelial tumors in recent years.
Long-fei Zhu +4 more
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