Comparative Clinical Outcomes of Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Performed by Extended Transsternal and Minimally Invasive Approaches

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-391

  Meyer, Dan M ^a   Herbert, Morley A ^b   Sobhani, Nasin C ^a   Tavakolian, Paul ^d   Duncan, Andrea ^a   Bruns, Michelle ^d   Korngut, Kevin ^d   Williams, Janet ^d   Prince, Syma L ^d   Huber, L ^a   Wolfe, Gil I ^a   Mack, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTENDED TRANSSTERNAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249127717     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.040     Document Type: Article

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