Long-term outcome and quality of life after open and thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Analysis of 131 patients

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2470-2477

  Bachmann, Kai ^a   Burkhardt, Doreen ^a   Schreiter, Inken ^a   Kaifi, Jussuf ^a   Busch, Christoph ^a   Thayssen, Gunther ^a   Izbicki, Jakob R ^a   Strate, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Outcome; Prognostic factor; Quality of life; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049122307     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-9794-2     Document Type: Article

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