Nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using regional anesthesia and targeted sedation in a myasthenia gravis patient

Nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using regional anesthesia and targeted sedation in a myasthenia gravis patient

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disease affecting the acetylcholine receptor in the neuromuscular junction. Symptoms of MG are muscle weakness and fatigue. Video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATS-ET) is well established in the treatment of MG if medical treatment is failed. In the recent...

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Main Authors: Hou-Chuan Lai, Tsai-Wang Huang, Hung Chang, Nan-Kai Hung, Chen-Hwan Cherng, Zhi-Fu Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Anesthesia
myasthenia gravis
thymectomy
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Online Access:http://jms.ndmctsgh.edu.tw/article.asp?issn=1011-4564;year=2016;volume=36;issue=4;spage=168;epage=170;aulast=Lai

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