Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or transsternal thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Zahid, Imran ^a   Sharif, Sumera ^a   Routledge, Tom ^b   Scarci, Marco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Sternotomy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650879854     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.251041     Document Type: Article

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