title: Perioperative management in myasthenia gravis: republication of a systematic review and a proposal by the guideline committee of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 2014.
abstract: Thymectomy is regarded as a useful therapeutic option for myasthenia gravis (MG), though perioperative management in MG patients is largely empirical. While evidence-based medicine is limited in the perioperative management of MG patients, treatment guidelines are required as a benchmark. We selected issues faced by physicians in clinical practice in the perioperative management of extended thymectomy for MG, and examined them with a review of the literature. The present guidelines have reached the stage of consensus within the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Guidelines Committees of Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, Kyoto, Japan, kadotay@ra.opho.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horio
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sawabata
authors.forename: Taichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayasu
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000592:standards*