Early extubation after thymectomy is good for the patients with myasthenia gravis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) often benefit from thymectomy, but the optimal timing of extubation following thymectomy in these patients remains unknown. This study of MG patients compared the effect of early and late extubation following thymectomy on clinical outcome.

Methods

We performed a study of data from 96 patients with MG who received thymectomy procedures, followed by early (< 6 h) or late (> 6 h) extubation, at our institution between October 2011 and November 2017. Patient clinical and demographic characteristics, preoperative data, and postoperative clinical outcomes were analyzed. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.

Results

The patients in the early extubatio

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745023 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature