083 * SURGICAL TREATMENT OF RECURRENT THYMOMA: IS IT WORTHWHILE?
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Surgical treatment of thymoma.
OBJECTIVE To describe experience with the surgical treatment of thymoma. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING A teaching hospital at the University of Ottawa. PATIENTS Over 25 years, 42 consecutive patients (22 men, 20 women) who had a thymoma requiring operation. INTERVENTIONS Thymectomy. OUTCOME MEASURES Age, sex, association with myasthenia gravis, presence of a paraneoplastic syn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu276.83