Peri-operative management of a child with juvenile myasthenia gravis undergoing thoracoscopic thymectomy - a case report
Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare autoimmune disease of children. Thymic hyperplasia is more common in JMG and patients with refractory symptoms benefit from thymectomy. This reports a successful thoracoscopic thymectomy without lung isolation in a 13-year old with JMG. This technique allow...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Kandy Society of Medicine
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://sljm.sljol.info/articles/41 |