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Outcomes after 151 extended transcervical thymectomies for myasthenia gravis.

Shrager JB, Nathan D, Brinster CJ, Yousuf O, Spence A, Chen Z, Kaiser LR. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006; 82 (5): 1863-9

The ideal operative technique for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis (MG) remains controversial. We present the largest series of extended transcervical thymectomy to provide outcomes data to compare with transsternal procedures.

PubMedID: 17062262