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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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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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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, Dinesh Mohan Chaudhari, Anjali Mishra   +2 more
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz, S. van Slycke, Ö. Makay, L. Brunaud   +3 more
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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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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy: Transpleural Approach

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021
There are several types of minimally invasive approaches for thymectomy, of which the transpleural approach by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is particularly useful.
In Kyu Park
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Medically resistant juvenile myasthenia gravis following thymectomy: Role for FDG PET/CT

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Thymectomy is part of a multimodal treatment strategy for juvenile myasthenia gravis. Symptoms that persist following thymectomy may be due to residual or ectopic thymic tissue.
Florence Ngu, Michael Cardamone, Dylan Wanaguru, Bruce Currie, Eva Alina Wegner, Ian Andrews, Walter Haindl   +6 more
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Oncological Outcomes of Complete Versus Limited Thymectomy in Early Stage Thymic Epithelial Tumors: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

JTO Clinical and Research Reports
Objectives: To clarify the role of limited versus complete thymectomy in stage I thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) using standardized survival measures and predefined oncological outcomes.
Riccardo Tajè, MD, Filippo Tommaso Gallina, MD, Gabriele Alessandrini, MD, Francesco Guerrera, MD, PhD, Daniele Forcella, MD, Pietro Bertoglio, MD, PhD, Fabiana Letizia Cecere, MD, Federico Cappuzzo, MD, Jonathan Cools-Lartigue, MD, PhD, Sara Najmeh, MD, MsC, Matthieu Rousseau, MD, Lorenzo Ferri, MD, PhD, Paolo Mendogni, MD, PhD, Jonathan D. Spicer, MD, PhD, Vincenzo Ambrogi, MD, PhD, Edoardo Mercadante, MD, PhD   +15 more
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Risk factors of prolonged ventilation after thymectomy in thymoma myasthenia gravis patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background To explore the risk factors for prolonged ventilation after thymectomy in patients with thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis (TAMG).
Anqi Du, Xiao Li, Youzhong An, Zhancheng Gao   +3 more
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Subxiphoid-subcostal versus transthoracic thoracoscopic thymectomy: A safe and feasible approachCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Techniques, 2022
Objective: Subxiphoid-subcostal thoracoscopic thymectomy (ST) is an emerging alternative to transthoracic thoracoscopic thymectomy. Potential advantages of ST are the avoidance of intercostal incisions and visualization of both phrenic nerves in their ...
Madhuri Rao, MD, Aitua Salami, MD, Alexandria Robbins, MD, Jamee Schoephoerster, BS, Amit Bhargava, MD, Ilitch Diaz-Gutierrez, MD, Qi Wang, MS, Rafael Andrade, MD   +7 more
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