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Thymectomy for Nonthymomatous Myasthenia Gravis: Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic and Transsternal Thymectomy

, 2018
Objective: Thymectomy considered as a standard procedure in treatment of all the steps of myasthenia gravis. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy is one of the minimally invasive procedures that because of the short duration of ...
Afghani, R., Boonstani, R., Azmounfar, V., Hakimian, S., Bagheri, R., Sadrizadeh, A., Rahnama, A., Salehi, M., Baradaran Firoozabadi, M.   +8 more
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic versus Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy

, 2017
Objective Minimally invasive thoracic surgical procedures, performed with or without the assistance of a robot, have gained popularity over the last decade.
Mariano DiMartino, Maxwell Knipe, Amer Harky, Hazim Elsyed, David Sladden, Mohamad Bashir, Callum Howard, Michael J. Shackcloth, Matthew Fok   +8 more
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Bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy has a surgical extent similar to that of transsternal extended thymectomy with more favorable early surgical outcomes for myasthenia gravis patients

, 2011
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to introduce the authors' surgical technique of bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (BVT) and to compare their early surgical results between BVT and transsternal extended thymectomy (T3-b thymectomy) for ...
박인규, 김대준, 이진구, 배미경, 정경영, 이창영   +5 more
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Early Clinical Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Major Pulmonary Resection and Thymectomy Using Novel Articulating Endoscopic Forceps

Journal of Chest Surgery
Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is recognized as a safe and effective treatment modality for early-stage lung cancer and anterior mediastinal masses. Recently, novel articulating instruments have been developed and introduced to
Sangil Yun, You Jung Ok, Se Jin Oh, Jae-Sung Choi, Hyeon Jong Moon, Yong Won Seong   +5 more
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Cervical thymectomy for intrathymic parathyroid adenomas during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

, 2007
Background The development of an intrathymic parathyroid adenoma is common, and thymectomy is a significant component of the parathyroid surgeon’s technical armamentarium.
Sywak, M, Stålberg, Peter,, Grodski, S, Sidhu, S, Delbridge, L   +4 more
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Thymectomy as treatment of autoimmune diseases other than myasthenia gravis

, 1993
This paper reviews the different series of thymectomies performed in patients with autoimmune diseases other than myasthenia gravis. It is possible that thymectomy can decrease the activity of T-helper lymphocytes or, alternatively, it may enhance the ...
Buccolini, F, D'ANDREA, Vito, ARTICO, Marco, Capuano, LG, AMBROGI, VINCENZO, Ambrogi, V, MALINOVSKY L, Artico, M, De Antoni, E., D'Andrea, V, BUCCOLINI F, Malinovsky, L, DE ANTONI, Enrico, AMBROGI V, De Antoni, E, CAPUANO LG   +15 more
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Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis [PDF]

BMJ, 1943
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ROLE OF THYMECTOMY IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS [PDF]

, 1992
Thirteen patients with myasthenia gravis underwent total thymectomy between January, 1988 and December, 1991. The duration of symptoms prior to surgery varied from 2 months to 20 years.
Sheikh, Hizbullah, Altafullah, Irfan, Ali, Sohaila Mohsin, Sonawalla, Aziz   +3 more
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The role of transcervical thymectomy in patients with hyperparathyroidism.

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The most common location for supernumerary or ectopic parathyroid glands is the thymus. METHODS: A review of patients who underwent parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism from 1990 to 2010 was completed to determine indications for ...
McHenry, Christopher R, Welch, Kellen
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

The effect of thymectomy on elimination of a myasthenic symptom was clinically evaluated. The operative approach was primarily extended thymectmy of choice via midsternotomy in all but one of transcervical approaches. Most of them belonged to Osserman II
Sha, Kamei, Kimino, Koji, Tomita, Masao, Awahara, Katsunobu, Oka, Tadayuki, Ayabe, Hiroyoshi, Tsuji, Hirohara   +6 more
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