title: [Surgical intervention on the thymus in children and adolescents].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schück
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galewski
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hümmer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strehl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drexler
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Druschky
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Operative Eingriffe am Thymus bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.