Transcervical Thymectomy
Doraid Jarrar, MD, John Kucharczuk, MD
Key Points
Key Points
Key Points
- Thymectomy should be offered to patients with myasthenia gravis
- Thymectomy is a long term strategy to induce remission and not offered during acute exacerbations
- Transcervical thymectomy has durable results in patients with nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis compared to other approaches, with low cost and short admission.
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