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Joseph Shrager

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  • Transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis achieves results comparable to thymectomy by sternotomy.

    Shrager JB, Deeb ME, Mick R, Brinster CJ, Childers HE, Marshall MB, Kucharczuk JC, Galetta SL, Bird SJ, Kaiser LR. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002; 74 (2): 320-6; discussion 326-7

    It remains controversial whether transcervical thymectomy offers results equivalent to thymectomy by way of a median sternotomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Furthermore, preoperative prognostic factors have not been clearly defined.

    PubMedID: 12173807

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