Surgical effect of dysphagia in patients with bulbar myasthenia gravis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2013.07.031
- VernacularTitle:延髓型重症肌无力吞咽障碍手术疗效分析
- Author:
Yunfeng ZHANG
;
Jianye LI
;
Shan MA
;
Lei YU
;
Ji KE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Myasthenia gravis;
Deglutition disorders
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2013;(7):576-578
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 42 patients at our department with bulbar myasthenia gravis.They underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) from May 2003 to August 2010.Another 42 patients treated with medications alone were selected as controls.Compared with the control group (4.32 ± 0.23),postoperative dysphagia scores improved significantly in patients undergoing VATET(9.21 ±0.41).And so did the dysphagia assessment classification (P ＜0.05).Thus VATET could effectively and definitely relieve dysphagia in patients with bulbar myasthenia gravis.
