The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000. Surgical treatment is done by simple or extended thymectomy. Although thymectomy has...
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| author | Pushpendra Nath Renjen Dinesh Mohan Chaudhari Anjali Mishra |
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| description | Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000. Surgical treatment is done by simple or extended thymectomy. Although thymectomy has been used in the treatment of MG since 1941, the role of thymectomy for MG is not completely understood. Perhaps, one of the longest unresolved issues in thoracic surgery is the role of thymectomy in the treatment of MG. Persistent questions and issues involve not only the surgical approach to thymectomy, but also the role of thymectomy itself in the treatment of MG. This article focuses on the review of thymectomy in MG patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-441f5da3867e4ddcb38785e258e4b2172024-12-02T02:22:08ZengSAGE PublicationsApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822020-01-01172909310.4103/am.am_23_20The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravisPushpendra Nath RenjenDinesh Mohan ChaudhariAnjali MishraMyasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000. Surgical treatment is done by simple or extended thymectomy. Although thymectomy has been used in the treatment of MG since 1941, the role of thymectomy for MG is not completely understood. Perhaps, one of the longest unresolved issues in thoracic surgery is the role of thymectomy in the treatment of MG. Persistent questions and issues involve not only the surgical approach to thymectomy, but also the role of thymectomy itself in the treatment of MG. This article focuses on the review of thymectomy in MG patients.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2020;volume=17;issue=2;spage=90;epage=93;aulast=Renjenautoimmunemyasthenia gravisthymectomythymoma |
| spellingShingle | Pushpendra Nath Renjen Dinesh Mohan Chaudhari Anjali Mishra The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis Apollo Medicine autoimmune myasthenia gravis thymectomy thymoma |
| title | The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis |
| title_full | The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis |
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| title_short | The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis |
| title_sort | dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis |
| topic | autoimmune myasthenia gravis thymectomy thymoma |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2020;volume=17;issue=2;spage=90;epage=93;aulast=Renjen |
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