Mid-term results of thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-405

  Toolabi, Karamollah ^a   Aminian, Ali ^a   Javid, Mihan ^a   Harirchian, Mohammad ^a   Rabani, Abbas ^a   Darabnia, Jamshid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Thoracoscopy; Thymectomy; Thymus gland; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REMISSION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349425907     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.55599     Document Type: Article

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