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An update on thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2019Introduction: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of the best treatable autoimmune diseases. However, in most patients, treatment is necessarily long-term and related side effects are a serious burden.
A. Evoli, E. Meacci
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Complete Thoracoscopic Thymectomy (cT-Thymectomy)
2012In “complete thoracoscopic thymectomy” (cT-Thymectomy), “c” indicates that the surgical procedure is carried out entirely by means of endoscopy (closed chest). The operation is usually approached from the left but can be approached bilaterally if necessary.
Ralph A. Schmid, Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi
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Extended Transsternal Thymectomy
Thoracic Surgery Clinics, 2010The two primary indications for thymectomy are the treatments of patients with thymoma and patients with myasthenia gravis. Several different methods have been described to remove the thymus gland, including transcervical-transsternal "maximal" thymectomy, extended transsternal thymectomy, classic transsternal thymectomy, (extended) transcervical ...
Vincent C. Daniel, Cameron D. Wright
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
The American Journal of Surgery, 1960Abstract 1. 1. Myasthenia gravis appears to be related to an abnormality of the thymus. 2. 2. A significant number of patients with myasthenia gravis benefit from thymectomy. 3. 3. After thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, about one-third of patients are much improved, one-third somewhat improved and one-third unimproved. 4. 4.
M.M. Musselman, J.W. Porter
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Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis
Archives of Surgery, 1993To assess the change in clinical status of patients with generalized myasthenia gravis treated with thymectomy and to identify prognostic variables that may be of significance in optimizing patient selection.Retrospective review. Mean follow-up period was 41 months.Large community hospital.Thirty-seven patients (11 male and 26 female) with generalized ...
Geoffrey B. Blossom +4 more
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Non-intubated subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2019This report describes a non-intubated, subxiphoid, uniportal approach to video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy. A laryngeal mask was used as a safety precaution for ventilatory management, and thymectomy was accomplished through a single transverse ...
Zhengcheng Liu, Rusong Yang, Yang Sun
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2002 No Class I studies of the effectiveness of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (MG) have been performed. Most Class II studies comparing outcomes in MG patients with and without thymectomy demonstrated higher MG remission and improvement rates in patients undergoing thymectomy. However, these Class II studies were also consistently confounded by important
Gary S. Gronseth, Richard J. Barohn
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
The American Journal of Surgery, 1983Thymectomy was performed on 249 patients with myasthenia gravis between 1957 and 1981. During a follow-up period that ranged from 2 months to 24 years (mean 7.5 years), the remission rate for the entire group was 51 percent, and an additional 36 percent had improvement (87 percent benefited). In those 51 patients with thymoma, the remission rate was 37
John Keesey +3 more
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2019
This chapter describes the endoscopic/surgical procedure for thymectomy and aortopexy as performed by the following approaches: open and thoracoscopic. The text includes an introduction that outlines the indications, risks, alternatives, essential steps, needed equipment, and variations in technique for the procedure in question.
Shawn D. St. Peter, Joseph A. Sujka
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This chapter describes the endoscopic/surgical procedure for thymectomy and aortopexy as performed by the following approaches: open and thoracoscopic. The text includes an introduction that outlines the indications, risks, alternatives, essential steps, needed equipment, and variations in technique for the procedure in question.
Shawn D. St. Peter, Joseph A. Sujka
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A Method of Thymectomy in Macaques
Journal of Medical Primatology, 1983The aim of this study was to develop an operation for total thymectomy suitable for nonhuman primates. The thymus was removed from 24 macaque monkeys from fetal to adult life by a cervicothoracotomy and blunt gauze dissection. Mean wet weight of the thymus rose from 150 mg (range 50‐250 mg) in fetal animals to 2.5 gm (range 0.3‐4.2 gm) in prepubertal ...
John Bacher, Healy Dl, Gary D. Hodgen
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