Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

ABSTRACT

This report is to illustrate the place of intermittent positive pressure ventilation immediately after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and during the early post-operative period for 16 patients without a single mortality or morbidity. The role of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis is discussed and the results are correlated with the pathological changes in the thymus of 8 patients. Satisfactory results are obtained in patients with lymphoid hyperplasia in the thymus