BACKGROUND Thymectomy is an essential component in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG) and the best treatment for localized thymoma. Minimally invasive thymectomy has advanced to include robotic-assisted techniques. The acceptance of this approach is growing rapidly, while the debate on the adequate technique for thymectomy remains open. METHODS We describe the technique of robotic-assist...

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The human thymus is required for establishment of a T-cell pool in fetal life, but postnatal thymectomy is not known to cause immunodeficiency. T-cell emigration from thymus (thymic recent emigrants [TRECs]) is a continuous thymic-dependent process. We studied TREC levels pre- and post-partial thymectomy in children undergoing cardiac surgery. TRECs were quantitated by real-time PCR in peripher...

A case of myasthenia gravis in a 15 years old girl is pre·sented. The disease was present for 5 years before thymectomy was performed. Indications for thymectomy, preoperative pre­paration, anesthetic and surgical management is -discussed. 

Aim of the study is to evaluate predictors outcome after thymectomy in management non thymomatous myasthenia gravis. One hundred patients who underwent for gravis period between June 2019 and September 2021 Kasr Alainy hospitals were recruited this study.
 Preoperative assessment included age, gender, co morbidities, MGFA classification, duration symptoms from time diagnosis till surgery, ...

Thymectomy has been widely used as an effective method for studying the function of the thymus and T cells in various fields, such as infection, transplantation and tumor immunity etc. As distinct from thymectomy in neonatal mice and genetically engineered mice such as SCID and nude mice, in which T cells are depleted at a very young age, thymectomy in adult mice can create a unique immune stat...

OBJECTIVES Although video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS-Tx) for thymoma has been introduced, its oncological outcome remains unclear. Our institutional experience with early-stage thymoma was retrospectively reviewed to evaluate the oncological feasibility of thoracoscopic thymectomy. METHODS A retrospective review consisting of 74 patients with Masaoka Stage I and II thymomas who h...

A retrospective comparative study was performed on 54 patients treated medically or surgically (thymectomy) for myasthenia gravis (MG) from 1979- 1989 in three Shiraz University Hospitals. Each surgical patient was compared with a medical patient on the basis of age, sex, severity and duration of disease. Complete remission was noted in 3 out of 27 thymectomized patients but in none of the...