Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021
Overall, the findings of the present study demonstrated that thoracoscopic thymectomy is a useful surgical approach that leads to faster recovery, reducing the severity of the disease, need for medication, and complications in patients with myasthenia gravis, In comparison with the transsternal approach.
Authors
- Amirhossein Shahpar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-8853)
- Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9159-3487)
- Mahdiye Lashkarizadeh
- Vahid Haghollahi
- Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh
Institutions
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-024-02983-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37