Journal article
Thoracoscopic thymectomy using a left-side approach.
- Abdelnour-Berchtold E Department of Thoracic Surgery Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV Switzerland.
- Perentes J Division of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland.
- Krueger T Department of Thoracic Surgery, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Gonzalez M Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois. Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne.
- 2018-09-08
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- Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS. - 2018
English
The surgical treatment of myasthenia gravis involves the complete resection of the thymus and the mediastinal fat between the two phrenic nerves. This procedure has been shown to have a positive impact on the rate of remission. In this video tutorial we illustrate the technical aspects of radical thymectomy using a left thoracoscopic approach.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1510/mmcts.2018.046
- PMID 30192452
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/43470
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