Early outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of thymus in 181 patients with myasthenia gravis: Who are the candidates for the next morning discharge?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 995-998

  Toker, Alper ^a   Tanju, Serhan ^a   Ziyade, Sedat ^a   Özkan, Berker ^a   Sungur, Zerrin ^a   Parman, Yesim ^a   Serdaroglu, Piraye ^a   Deymeer, Feza ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Discharge; Myasthenia gravis; Thoracoscopic thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC RESECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249126269     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.214635     Document Type: Article

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