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Myasthenia. Surgical treatment and its effectiveness

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2012
The article reviews the problems of diagnostics and. treatment of myasthenia. The authors consider that thymectomy in modern conditions is founded, expedient and. safe for the patients surgery at the treatment of different forms of myasthenia.
M. B. Skvortsov, A. I. Smolin
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Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease with high prevalence of thymus disorders, in which, thymectomy is considered one of the therapeutic approaches in improving the patients’ clinical outcomes.
Mahdiye Lashkarizadeh, Vahid Haghollahi, Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad, Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh, Amirhossein Shahpar   +4 more
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Inhibition of Classical and Alternative Complement Pathway by Ravulizumab and Eculizumab

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 688-699, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the feasibility of classical (CH50) and alternative (AH50) complement pathway activity as potential biomarkers for treatment guidance and monitoring during therapy with ravulizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and compare these to therapeutic drug monitoring under eculizumab.
Lea Gerischer, Frauke Stascheit, Maximilian Mönch, Paolo Doksani, Carla Dusemund, Meret Herdick, Philipp Mergenthaler, Maike Stein, Amani Suboh, Jutta Schröder‐Braunstein, Guido Wabnitz, Jan D. Lünemann, Sophie Lehnerer, Sarah Hoffmann, Andreas Meisel   +14 more
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Prediction of Myasthenia Gravis Worsening: A Machine Learning Algorithm Using Wearables and Patient‐Reported Measures

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 714-723, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein, Haoqi Sun, Sophie Lehnerer, Lea Gerischer, Maximilian Mönch, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Pushpa Narayanaswami   +7 more
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Thymic hyperplasia as a rare etiology of pure red cell aplasia: A case report [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Introduction. Thymic hyperplasia is a rare condition caused by an increase in cellular thymic mass and, in some cases, is associated with autoimmune diseases, such as pure red cell aplasia (PRCA).
Arsenović Isidora, Leković Danijela, Šefer Dijana, Pavlović Miroslav, Ivanović Jelena, Smiljanić Mihailo, Bogdanović Andrija   +6 more
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Synchronous Bilateral Breast Cancer and Thymoma: A Rare Case of Multiple Primary Malignancies

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Synchronous bilateral breast cancer and thymoma is rare, requiring vigilant surveillance and multidisciplinary management. This case highlights the importance of distinguishing multiple primary malignancies from metastases, emphasizing tailored multimodal therapy and long‐term follow‐up to address immune dysregulation and cancer predisposition.
Gholamreza Toogeh, Saeid Haji Aghajani, Seyyed Taher Seyyed Mahmoudi, Masoud Mortezazadeh, Hamidreza Zarei, Aysan Nozheh   +5 more
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Intravenous flurbiprofen for post-thymectomy pain relief in patients with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2012
Background Post-thymectomy pain in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients can inhibit breathing and coughing. Inappropriate usage of analgesics may exacerbate respiratory inhibition and even cause myasthenic crisis.
Su Chunhua, Su Yihua, Chou Chiu-Wen, Liu Weibing, Zou Jianyong, Luo Honghe, Chen Zhenguang   +6 more
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Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021
Robotic thymectomy has been adopted recently and has been shown to be safe and feasible in treating thymic tumors and myasthenia gravis. The surgical indications of robotic technology are expanding, with advantages including an excellent surgical view ...
Samina Park
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Survival and autoimmune risks post-thymectomy

Frontiers in Immunology
Background 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
Irina Tsirkin, Mohamed Khateb, Dvir Aran, Dvir Aran, Amit Kaz, Shahar Shelly, Shahar Shelly, Shahar Shelly   +7 more
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Perioperative Outcomes and Long-term Survival in Clinically Early-stage Thymic 
Malignancies: Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy versus Open Approaches

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2016
Background and objective Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) theoretically offers advantages over open thymectomy for clinically early-stage (Masaoka-Koga stage I and II) thymic malignancies. However, longterm outcomes have not been well studied.
Hao WANG, Zhitao GU, Jianyong DING, Lijie TAN, Jianhua FU, Yi SHEN, Yucheng WEI, Peng ZHANG, Yongtao HAN, Chun CHEN, Renquan ZHANG, Yin LI, Ke-Neng CHEN, Hezhong CHEN, Yongyu LIU, Youbing CUI, Yun WANG, Liewen PANG, Zhentao YU, Xinming ZHOU, Yangchun LIU, Yuan LIU, Wentao FANG, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas   +23 more
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