Comparison of complete remission rates after 5 year follow-up of three different techniques of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1137-1143

  Zielinski, Marcin ^a   Hauer, Lukasz ^a   Hauer, Jolanta ^a   Pankowski, Juliusz ^a   Nabialek, Tomasz ^a   Szlubowski, Artur ^a  

^a PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Myasthenia; Surgery; Thymectomy; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENDED TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; TRANSCERVICAL SUBXIPHOID VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC MAXIMAL THYMECTOMY; TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORISTOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK; REMISSION INDUCTION; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951298355     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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