Safety for preoperative use of steroids for transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-411

  Zieliński, Marcin ^a   Kuzdzał, Jarosław ^a   Staniec, Bartłomiej ^a   Harazda, Maria ^a   Nabiałek, Tomasz ^a   Pankowski, Juliusz ^a   Szlubowski, Artur ^a   Mȩdoń, Jerzy ^a  

^a PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Steroids; Thymectomy; Thymus

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; STEROIDS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 3543087338     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.01.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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