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Date Published: 26/04/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v512i2.2300
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Vol. 512 No. 2 (2022)
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Hữu Lư, P. ., & Đức Tuyến, N. . (2022). MANIFESTATIONS OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IN THE GROUP OF THYMOMAS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT BY VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY. Vietnam Medical Journal, 512(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v512i2.2300

MANIFESTATIONS OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IN THE GROUP OF THYMOMAS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT BY VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY

Phạm Hữu Lư1,, Nguyễn Đức Tuyến2
1 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital
2 National Lung Hospital

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Abstract

Objective: To comment the rate of myasthenia gravis in the group of thymoma studied and surgically treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study on some variables such as the rate of myasthenia gravis in the studied thymoma group, post-treatment results.... Result: 17 men and 18 women. The mean age was 47.1 ± 12.9 (17 - 68). Detecting thymoma due to symptoms of myasthenia gravis was 37.1%. Surgery time 123.4 ± 35.6 minutes (45- 220). The mean surgical time of the group with myasthenia gravis (n = 13) was 182.3 ± 20.4 minutes. The mean hospital stay was 6.1 ± 3.6 days (3-24). No mortality and post-operative major complications. Conclusion: Myasthenia gravis is a common paraneoplastic syndrome in the group of thymic tumors that are common in clinical practice. Patients need to be diagnosed early and pre-operative treated. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a good choice for this type of pathology.

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thymoma, video – assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), myasthenia gravis

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