Does perioperative high-dose prednisolone have clinical benefits for generalized myasthenia gravis? | Zendy

Yasuo Sekine | Zendy; Naoki Kawaguchi | Zendy; Chikuma Hamada | Zendy; Hiromi Sekiguchi | Zendy; Kazuhiro Yasufuku | Zendy; Akira Iyoda | Zendy; Kiyoshi Shibuya | Zendy; Takehiko Fujisawa | Zendy

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Does perioperative high-dose prednisolone have clinical benefits for generalized myasthenia gravis?

Author(s) -

Yasuo Sekine,

Naoki Kawaguchi,

Chikuma Hamada,

Hiromi Sekiguchi,

Kazuhiro Yasufuku,

Akira Iyoda,

Kiyoshi Shibuya,

Takehiko Fujisawa

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.022

Subject(s) - myasthenia gravis , thymectomy , medicine , thymoma , prednisolone , perioperative , gastroenterology , retrospective cohort study , anesthesia , surgery

The purpose of this study was to clarify the clinical benefits of perioperative administration of high-dose prednisolone (PSL) combined with extended thymectomy on the long-term outcomes of 116 consecutive patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG).

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