[Surgical intervention on the thymus in children and adolescents].
Our group of 17 thymus operated patients--aged between 2 months and 18 years--consisted of 4 girls and 13 boys. All 5 patients whose operations were connected with a treatment for myasthenia gravis showed clinical improvement. In 3 children with malignant tumours the extent of surgery determined their subsequent prognosis. In 9 patients thoracotomy was performed because of space-occupying growth, or for the purpose of ensuring diagnostic safety.
Schück
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Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen.
Galewski
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Hümmer
H P
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Strehl
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E
Drexler
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Druschky
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KF
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Operative Eingriffe am Thymus bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.