[Surgical intervention on the thymus in children and adolescents]

Autor: R, Schück, D, Galewski, H P, Hümmer, E, Strehl, S, Drexler, K F, Druschky
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood. 43(4)
ISSN: 0174-3082
Popis: Our group of 17 thymus operated patients--aged between 2 months and 18 years--consisted of 4 girls and 13 boys. All 5 patients whose operations were connected with a treatment for myasthenia gravis showed clinical improvement. In 3 children with malignant tumours the extent of surgery determined their subsequent prognosis. In 9 patients thoracotomy was performed because of space-occupying growth, or for the purpose of ensuring diagnostic safety.
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