Kadota Y, Horio H, Mori T, Sawabata N, Goto T, Yamashita SI, Nagayasu T, Iwasaki A. Perioperative management in myasthenia gravis: republication of a systematic review and a proposal by the guideline committee of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 2014.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;
63:201-15. [PMID:
25608954 DOI:
10.1007/s11748-015-0518-y]
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Abstract
Thymectomy is regarded as a useful therapeutic option for myasthenia gravis (MG), though perioperative management in MG patients is largely empirical. While evidence-based medicine is limited in the perioperative management of MG patients, treatment guidelines are required as a benchmark. We selected issues faced by physicians in clinical practice in the perioperative management of extended thymectomy for MG, and examined them with a review of the literature. The present guidelines have reached the stage of consensus within the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery.
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