Perioperative medical management and outcome following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Chevalley, Catherine; Spiliopoulos, Anastase; De Perrot, Marc Eugène Antoine; Tschopp, Jean-Marie; Licker, Marc

doi:10.1007/BF03028306

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English

Perioperative medical management and outcome following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

ContributorsChevalley, Catherine; Spiliopoulos, Anastase; De Perrot, Marc Eugène Antoine; Tschopp, Jean-Marie; Licker, Marc

Published inCanadian journal of anaesthesia, vol. 48, no. 5, p. 446-451

Publication date2001

Abstract

To describe the evolution of the perioperative management of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients undergoing thymectomy and to question the need for systematic postoperative ventilation.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Female
Humans
Intensive Care
Intraoperative Care
Intubation, Intratracheal
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Myasthenia Gravis/surgery
Postoperative Period
Respiration, Artificial
Retrospective Studies
Thymectomy
Treatment Outcome

Affiliation

Research group

Dysfonctions cardio-pulmonaires et cérébrales (278)

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CHEVALLEY, Catherine et al. Perioperative medical management and outcome following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. In: Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 2001, vol. 48, n° 5, p. 446–451. doi: 10.1007/BF03028306

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PID : unige:47543
DOI : 10.1007/BF03028306
PMID : 11394511

ISSN of the journal0832-610X

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Perioperative medical management and outcome following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

To describe the evolution of the perioperative management of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients undergoing thymectomy and to question the need for systematic postoperative ventilation.

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