HIGH-DOSE STEROIDS FOR PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS UNDERGOING THYMECTOMY - PRELIMINARY-REPORT

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  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 75  (5) , 754-757
Abstract
To eliminate the morbidity associated with thymectomy, high-dose corticosteroids were used perioperatively in 32 patients who had Class II and III myasthenia gravis. All patients were extubated within 2 h after the operation, and none required respiratory support postoperatively. The average stay in the intensive care unit was 20 h and the average hospital stay 6 days. Addition of high-dose corticosteroids to the perioperative management of patients with myasthenia gravis undergoing thymectomy improved the immediate operative results and eliminated the morbidity associated with this procedure.

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