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Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis
Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019 In recent years, thymectomy has become a widespread procedure in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG). Likelihood of remission was highest in preoperative mild disease classification (Osserman classification 1, 2A).
Yener Aydin +4 more
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Journal of Visualized Surgery, 2017 Thymectomy is the most frequent surgical operation involving the mediastinum, both for the treatment of thymic tumors and for the multidisciplinary management of myasthenia gravis (MG). Different surgical approaches have been described, either traditional open approaches or minimally invasive ones.
Marulli, Giuseppe +2 more
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The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
Apollo Medicine, 2020 Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000.
Pushpendra Nath Renjen +2 more
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Surgical Result for Patients Who Simultaneously Presented With Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma [PDF]
Thoracic CancerBackground Patients who present concurrently with thymoma and myasthenia gravis (MG) constitute a unique clinical population in whom both oncologic control and stabilization of MG symptoms are essential treatment goals.
Po‐Chun Chang +7 more
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Video-assisted versus transsternal [PDF]
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014 Thymectomy may benefit patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) or myasthenia with thymomas. Currently, video-assisted (VA) thoracic surgery is popular and plays an important role in thymectomy.
Chien-Ming Lo +4 more
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Combined minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy via left anterolateral mini-thoracotomy [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryMinimally invasive surgery (MIS) has become increasingly prevalent across almost all surgical specialties, including cardiothoracic surgery. However, combined MIS for coronary artery bypass and thymectomy in a single sitting has not been previously ...
Leng Khoong Lee +3 more
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Survival and autoimmune risks post-thymectomy
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackground 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
Dvir Aran, Shahar Shelly
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Thymectomy with or without maintenance therapy for myasthenia gravis patients: a tri-center, real-world study [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Neurological DisordersBackground: The necessity and optimal duration of post-thymectomy immunoregulatory medication (IM) in myasthenia gravis (MG) remain unclear. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate whether IM is required after thymectomy in MG patients and to determine ...
Hao Zhang +12 more
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Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma. [PDF]
Muscle NerveABSTRACT Thymoma is the most common tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Approximately 20%–30% of patients with a thymoma develop myasthenia gravis (MG), and an additional one third may possess positive acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies without MG.
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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.
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