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Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2020 Background Approaches of thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (MG) are debatable. The subxiphoid approach is widely utilized recent years for its better visualization of the anterior mediastinum.
Zhi-guang Qiu +9 more
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Robotic thymectomy for advanced thymic epithelial tumor: indications and technical aspects.
Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2020 Robotic thymectomy is widely accepted as a valuable treatment option for surgical resection of thymic epithelial tumor as minimally invasive surgery has shown better early clinical outcomes than open surgery.
K. J. Na, C. Kang
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International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022 Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an acquired autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by fatigable and variable weakness of skeletal muscles as a result of autoimmune attack on postsynaptic antigenic targets.
Ijeoma B Ndionuka +3 more
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Meta-Analysis of Limited Thymectomy versus Total Thymectomy for Masaoka Stage I and II Thymoma
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 Background: This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the incidence of tumor recurrence, postoperative myasthenia gravis, postoperative complications, and overall survival after limited versus total thymectomy for Masaoka stage I and II thymoma. Methods: A
Mohan Venkatesh Pulle +4 more
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Медицинская иммунология, 2016 Thymectomy is a stage of surgery when treating some congenital heart defects. Thymus gland is the central organ of immune system. This organ is the primary site of T-cell lymphopoiesis and central tolerance to autoantigens during fetal and early ...
Yu. I. Rovda +3 more
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Frequency and features of myasthenia gravis developing after thymectomy
European Journal of Neurology, 2020 Thymectomy is an effective treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG) with anti‐acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies. We rarely encounter patients who develop MG after surgery for thymic tumors.
A. Uzawa +8 more
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An update on treatments in myasthenia gravis [PDF]
, 2017 This month, we discuss three papers which publish the results of trials into potential treatment approaches to myasthenia gravis (MG). When treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors alone fails to control symptoms, treatment with steroids may be required,
Jones, Lliwen, Robertson, Neil
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Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, 2020 BACKGROUND The benefit of thymectomy in reducing requirement for corticosteroids, symptom severity, need for immunosuppression, and hospitalization rates in patients with seropositive generalized myasthenia has recently been established.
A. Hamedani +6 more
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Heterogeneity in thymic emigrants: implications for thymectomy and immunosenescence. [PDF]
, 2013 The development of mature, antigen-inexperienced (naive) T cells begins in the thymus and continues after export into the periphery. Post-thymic maturation of naive T cells, in humans, coincides with the progressive loss of markers such as protein ...
Bains, I, Callard, RE, Yates, AJ
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2022 Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which predict the perioperative outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) or thymic neoplasms Patients and Methods: Data
B Vigneshwaran +7 more
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