Transcervical Thymectomy

Doraid Jarrar, MD, John Kucharczuk, MD

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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Last updated: September 4, 2024