thymectomy

Regardless of whether or not the myasthenia gravis is combined, the treatment of thymoma should be based on surgery. Treatment of diseases: pericardial thymoma thymoma Indication Regardless of whether or not the myasthenia gravis is combined, the treatment of thymoma should be based on surgery. Preoperative preparation 1. Control lung infections. 2. For patients with myasthenia gravis, an effective therapeutic dose of anticholinesterase should be developed. Surgical procedure 1. Incision: The median incision of the sternum. 2. After pushing the pleura back to the sides, you can see the thymus tissue in the anterior mediastinum. 3. Lift the lower pole of the thymoma, and carefully separate the adipose tissue from the bottom to the top and cut it off. 4. Stainless steel wire sutured the sternum. The drainage tube is placed behind the sternum. The incision was sutured layer by layer.

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