[Thymectomy at the 2nd Surgical Clinic of the Comenius University Medical School Hospital].
Based on comparison of two groups of thymectomies (46 in 1955-1975 and 158 in 1990-1998) the authors found a marked improvement of the results of thymectomy. During the former period thymectomies had a severe postoperative course with a high lethality and low percentage of remissions. Due to the introduction of immunosuppressive treatment the lethality of thymectomies declined to almost zero and clinical and pharmacological remission resp. was recorded in 70% patients.
Cársky
S
S
Chirurgická klinika SPAM, FNsP akademika L. Dérera, Bratislava, Slovenská republika.
Schnorrer
M
M
Mikulás
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*