Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy in Hospital Kuala Lumpur: a retrospective observational review of outcomes for patients diagnosed with thymomatous and non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The standard treatment for thymomatous myasthenia gravis (TMG) patients is thymectomy, whereas its role in non-TMG (NTMG) is still under debate. The objective of this study is to assess myasthenia gravis (MG) outcomes of thymectomy using the uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UVATS) technique for both groups and evaluate the procedure's efficacy and safety.

Methods

We retrospectively collected data from January 2019 to December 2022 at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) scoring and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America's Post Interventional Score (MGFA-PIS) measured our primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included surgery-related morbidity. All patients underwent a UVATS thymectomy, with the incision

SUBMITTER: Balasingam DFK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635260 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature