Manubriotomy versus median sternotomy in thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Evaluation of the pulmonary status

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Granetzny, Andreas ^a   Hatem, Ashraf ^b   Shalaby, Alaa ^b   Boseila, Ahmad ^b  

^a Evangelisches Krankhs Duisburg Nord   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Manubriotomy; Myasthenia gravis; Pulmonary function; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANUBRIOTOMY; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANUBRIUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 14644427106     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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