Thoracoscopic thymectomy may offer quicker recovery and reduced disease severity compared to transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients. Left VATS was associated with less severe disease ...

Thymectomy is the preferred standard treatment in younger non-thymoma patients with myasthenia gravis as well as in patients with early stage thymoma. Total thymectomy by median sternotomy has been ...

Thymectomy has been a mainstay in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, but there is no conclusive evidence of its benefit. We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial comparing thymectomy plus ...

Minimally invasive approaches have revolutionised the management of thymoma by reducing surgical trauma, enhancing visualisation and speeding postoperative recovery. Conventional open thymectomy via ...

—A retrospective analysis of patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR-Ab)-positive generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) who underwent thymectomy found that a majority of them had good ...

A thymectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the thymus gland. Surgeons perform a thymectomy to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. The thymus is a small gland in the upper ...