Postoperative survival for patients with thymoma complicating myasthenia gravis-preliminary retrospective results of the ChART database

Autor: Ke-Neng Chen, Xin Ming Zhou, He Zhong Chen, Yang Chun Liu, Yong Tao Han, Wen Tao Fang, Zhi Tao Gu, Zhentao Yu, Fang Rui Wang, Renquan Zhang, Yu Cheng Wei, Yongyu Liu, You Bing Cui, Li Jie Tan, Lie Wen Pang, Yuan Liu, Yi Shen, Jianhua Fu, Chun Chen, Yin Li, Yun Wang, Peng Zhang
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of thoracic disease. 8(4)
ISSN: 2072-1439
Popis: BACKGROUND It is so far not clear that how myasthenia gravis (MG) affected the prognosis of thymoma patients. The aim of this assay is to compare the postoperative survival between patients with thymoma only and those with both thymoma and MG. METHODS The Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas (ChART) registry recruited patients with thymoma from 18 centers over the country on an intention to treat basis from 1992 to 2012. Two groups were formed according to whether the patient complicated MG. Demographic and clinical data were reviewed, patients were followed and their survival status were analyzed. RESULTS There were 1,850 patients included in this study, including 421 with and 1,429 without MG. Complete thymectomy were done in 91.2% patients in MG group and 71.0% in non-MG group (P
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