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Clinical characteristics of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients developing other autoimmune diseases after thymectomy from one single center cohort

Thoracic Cancer, 2023
Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients are reported to have a high risk of other autoimmune diseases (ADs), and thymectomy may increase the risk further.
Wenxin Tian, Jing He, Hanbo Yu, Yaoguang Sun, Qingjun Wu, Peng Jiao, Chao Ma, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Hongfeng Tong   +9 more
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Robotic Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis: Analysis of the Surgical and Neurological Outcomes After a 20 Years' Experience. [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
ABSTRACT Background Evidence supporting robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis is generally based on small sample‐size studies, heterogeneous in patient selection and in reporting outcomes. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the surgical and neurological outcomes of robotic thymectomy in myasthenic patients and to identify prognostic ...
Comacchio GM, Schiavon M, Bello L, Mammana M, Faccioli E, Pegoraro E, Lorenzoni G, Cannone G, Cataldi G, Pagliarini G, Rebusso A, Nicotra S, Gregori D, Marino MC, Capece G, Riguzzi P, Pezzuto F, Calabrese F, Dell'Amore A, Rea F.   +19 more
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Survival and autoimmune risks post-thymectomy [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Background and objectivesRecent studies have raised concerns about thymectomy's deleterious effects. However, this conclusion was not exclusive to patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). The objective of this study was to test this hypothesis in thymectomy
Irina Tsirkin, Mohamed Khateb, Dvir Aran, Dvir Aran, Amit Kaz, Shahar Shelly, Shahar Shelly, Shahar Shelly   +7 more
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Can Non-Thymomatous Late-Onset Myasthenia Gravis Benefit From Thymectomy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
ABSTRACT Background Thymectomy is beneficial for treating early‐onset acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive myasthenia gravis (MG); however, its effects on late‐onset MG (LOMG) remain less well understood. Given the increasing incidence of MG among the population 50 years old and above, addressing the question of whether thymectomy is effective for ...
Chen J, Su C, Feng H, Kaminski HJ.
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A Case of Myasthenia Gravis and Stiff-Person Syndrome That Improved After Extended Thymectomy. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We present a case of thymoma that underwent extended thymectomy and developed myasthenia gravis (MG) and Stiff‐Person syndrome (SPS) concurrently, with symptom improvement after surgery. ABSTRACT In cases of thymoma with autoimmune disease, extended thymectomy may improve disease symptoms and medication effects.
Okado S, Mizuno T, Kawasumi Y, Kadomatsu Y, Chen-Yoshikawa TF.   +4 more
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Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021 [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease with high prevalence of thymus disorders, in which, thymectomy is considered one of the therapeutic approaches in improving the patients’ clinical outcomes.
Mahdiye Lashkarizadeh, Vahid Haghollahi, Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad, Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh, Amirhossein Shahpar   +4 more
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The neurological outcome in the patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent thymectomy via sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021
Background/Aim. Thymectomy is accepted in the surgical treatment of the patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Earlier thymectomy via sternotomy has recently been replaced by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), which is less invasive.
Martić Vesna, Marić Nebojša, Cvijanović Vlado   +2 more
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Robotic thymectomy: a review of techniques and results

Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023
Thymectomy is a well-established therapeutic option in the multidisciplinary treatment of nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis (MG) and in thymoma treatment.
Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza
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Case Series: Clinical Impact of Plasmapheresis and Thymectomy on Early-Onset Myasthenia Gravis

Case Reports in Neurology, 2021
Thymectomy is a common procedure performed in cases of myasthenia gravis (MG) with a thymoma or general MG that does not improve with medical therapy. This procedure is usually preceded by plasmapheresis to prevent the occurrence of myasthenic crisis and
Yusak M.T. Siahaan, Retno Jayantri Ketaren, Aristo Rinaldi Pangestu, Vinson Hartoyo   +3 more
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Risk Benefit Analysis of Routine Thymectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancers: A Systematic Review

The Surgery Journal, 2021
Background Central compartment lymph node dissection (CLND) is a part of the surgical management of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Therapeutic CLND is done to address clinically significant central compartment nodes in patients with DTC, while ...
Pallvi Kaul, Priyanka Kaul, Dharma Ram Poonia, Ashish Jakhetiya, Vipin Arora, Pankaj Kumar Garg   +5 more
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