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Intravenous flurbiprofen for post-thymectomy pain relief in patients with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2012
Background Post-thymectomy pain in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients can inhibit breathing and coughing. Inappropriate usage of analgesics may exacerbate respiratory inhibition and even cause myasthenic crisis.
Su Chunhua, Su Yihua, Chou Chiu-Wen, Liu Weibing, Zou Jianyong, Luo Honghe, Chen Zhenguang   +6 more
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Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021
Robotic thymectomy has been adopted recently and has been shown to be safe and feasible in treating thymic tumors and myasthenia gravis. The surgical indications of robotic technology are expanding, with advantages including an excellent surgical view ...
Samina Park
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Bilateral thoracoscopic thymectomy using a novel positioning system [PDF]

, 2013
Several techniques of bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy have been proposed, and each has its own proponents. We summarize our experience in 20 patients who underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy ...
Monte, Attilio Lo, LO MONTE, Attilio Ignazio, Caronia, F, Fiorelli, A, Fiorelli, Alfonso, Caronia, Francesco   +5 more
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Survival and autoimmune risks post-thymectomy

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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Perioperative Outcomes and Long-term Survival in Clinically Early-stage Thymic 
Malignancies: Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy versus Open Approaches

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, Zhitao GU, Jianyong DING, Lijie TAN, Jianhua FU, Yi SHEN, Yucheng WEI, Peng ZHANG, Yongtao HAN, Chun CHEN, Renquan ZHANG, Yin LI, Ke-Neng CHEN, Hezhong CHEN, Yongyu LIU, Youbing CUI, Yun WANG, Liewen PANG, Zhentao YU, Xinming ZHOU, Yangchun LIU, Yuan LIU, Wentao FANG, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas   +23 more
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Are the minimally invasive techniques the new gold standard in thymus surgery for myasthenia gravis? Experience of a reference single-site in VATS thymectomy

Frontiers in Neurology
The thymus is the primary lymphoid organ responsible for the maturation and proliferation of T lymphocytes. During the first years of our lives, the activation and inactivation of T lymphocytes occur within the thymus, facilitating the correct maturation
Juan Carlos Trujillo Reyes, Juan Carlos Trujillo Reyes, Elisabeth Martinez Tellez, Elisabeth Martinez Tellez, Josep Belda Sanchis, Josep Belda Sanchis, Georgina Planas Canovas, Alejandra Libreros Niño, Mauro Guarino, Jorge Hernández Ferrandez, Antonio Moral Duarte, Antonio Moral Duarte   +11 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 Medicine
Introduction: 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, Fatemeh Sajedi, Hasan Mehrad Majd, Reza Boostani, Azra Rashidnezhad, Reza Bagheri   +5 more
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Video assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

, 2009
Background: Thymectomy is safe and effective for the management of myasthenia gravis. VATS thymectomy has the advantage of thymectomy with less invasive and more cosmetic approach compared to the standard open approach.
Ali Yaakub, Jasmi, Ab Rashid, Islah Munjih   +1 more
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Ministernotomy Thymectomy in Mysthania Gravis-Future

, 2017
A thymectomy is the surgical removal of the thymus gland. The thymus has been demonstrated to play a role in the development of MG. It is removed in an effort to improve the weakness caused by MG, and to remove a thymoma if present.About 10% of MG ...
Suraj Wasudeo Nagre, SW Nagre
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Thymectomy + prednisone 6 months vs. baseline.

, 2023
Metabolites and lipids at 6 months after thymectomy and the change in abundance from baseline and 6 months. (XLSX)
Patricia Sikorski (1320966), Inmaculada Aban (551888), Henry J. Kaminski (11627869), Gil I. Wolfe (5391011), Mehar Cheema (17124826), Yaoxiang Li (10706925), Linda L. Kusner (17124829)   +6 more
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