Original articleThymectomy for the myasthenia gravis patient: Factors influencing outcome☆,☆☆
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2007, Clinical Neurology and NeurosurgeryCitation Excerpt :This low remission rate might be related to the low frequency of thymectomy performed, 44% of all patients (64% and 13% of early-onset and late-onset patients, respectively), which was partially explained by the high frequency of late-onset disease among local patients as our nonthymoma late-onset-generalized MG patients seldom consented to thymectomy even if response to medical therapies was suboptimal. Benefit from thymectomy in late-onset patients is controversial [23-26]. Meta-analysis suggested that late-onset MG has 25% lower remission rate after thymectomy relative to early-onset MG [26].
Neurologic outcomes of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: Comparative analysis of the effect of thymoma
2007, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryCitation Excerpt :Since Blalock and associates14 reported a remission of generalized MG after removal of a thymic tumor in 1939, numerous studies have demonstrated the favorable outcomes of thymectomy on the natural course of the disease, and thymectomy is currently considered to be effective for treating MG.15 Many studies have been conducted to determine the prognostic factors of thymectomy, and a variety of prognostic predictors have been identified, including age at operation,6,9,10,12,16-18 the severity of MG,10,16,19 and the preoperative duration of symptoms.3,6,7,10 Among these, the presence of thymoma indicates a poor prognosis after thymectomy for MG.3-10
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Presented at the Poster Session of the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, Jan 25–27, 1993.
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Research supported was provided by The Fleming Foundation, The Danzler Bond Ansley Foundation, and The Mandrell-Dudney Foundation.