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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 96, 711-716, Copyright © 1988 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
A Jaretzki 3d and M Wolff
Removal of all thymic tissue is the goal of surgical treatment of
myasthenia gravis. In this report we describe an operation that predictably
achieves that goal in most patients. The results of surgical-anatomic
studies in 50 consecutive specimens obtained by this technique indicate
that an en bloc transcervical-transsternal "maximal" thymectomy is required
to ensure removal of all available thymus in all patients. This procedure
is recommended for all patients undergoing thymectomy in the treatment of
myasthenia gravis with or without thymoma and in the treatment of thymoma
with or without myasthenia gravis.
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"Maximal" thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Surgical anatomy and operative technique
Department of Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
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