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Yuanyuan Liu1, Jinghao Zhang1, Wenbin Wu2
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, China.
Abstract:
We investigated the efficacy of subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis. The data of 37 consecutive cases were reviewed. 2 cases of postoperative myasthenia gravis crisis and 4 cases of residual mediastinal fat tissue were recorded. Moreover, 29 patients presented the neurological outcomes, and complete stable remission was achieved in 5 (17.2%) cases. Subxiphoid thymectomy is technically feasible. High-quality evidence is warranted before this approach can be recommended.
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