This editorial aimed to consolidate the current evidence in literature on the association between myasthenia gravis(MG)and cardiac involvement,focusing on the impact of thymoma,antistriational antibodies,and late-onse...
BACKGROUND Coronary artery spasm(CAS)is a rare but critical condition during surgery.Clinical manifestations can vary from only subtle electrocardiography change to sudden death.In this case report,we present the case...
Hypoxemia after general anesthesia is not uncommon.For patients after thoracotomy,the differential diagnosis is usually difficult.Surgical,anesthetic,and patient-associated factors may contribute to postoperative hypo...
Background:The co-existence of myasthenia gravis (MG) and thymoma makes the surgical treatment more complicated and adjuvant radiation more controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate adjuvant radiother...
Objective: Seropositive myasthenia gravis (MG) depends on the presence of acetylcholine receptor antibodies (AchR-Ab) against nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction. In this study...
supported by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Nos.81271406 and 81000537);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China(No.NCET-09-0394)
There is continuous debate regarding the effectiveness of thymectomy in the treatment of non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis (MG). This systematic review was undertaken to determine whether thymectomy was effective in...
Complete resection could be achieved in virtually all myasthenic patients with Masaoka stage I and II thymoma us- ing the trans-sternal technique. Whether this is appropriate for minimally invasive approach is not yet...
Background Thymectomy is an established treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG), and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy has become an acceptable surgical procedure. This study aimed to compare the...
Objective To evaluate the risk factors of myasthenic crisis (MC) after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (MG) . Methods A retrospective study was conducted in 84 patients with MG from July 1995 to December 2009. The fo...
Background Thymokidney has been reported as an approach for a vascularized thymus for transplantation to induce donor specific tolerance. A completely thymectomized model which ensures that the obtained thymus is not ...