title: Transcervical thymectomy.
abstract: Transcervical thymectomy has been used in the management of myasthenia gravis for over 20 years. Contraindications to this operation include advanced age, poorly controlled neurologic symptoms, and evidence for a thymoma. The procedure is associated with negligible morbidity and requires only a brief hospitalization. Remission rates are comparable with those reported for more extensive thymectomy operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome