Discussion on anesthesia of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis / 重庆医科大学学报

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Objective:To investigate the anesthetic management of thymectomy for the patients with myasthenia gravis.Methods:Sixty-two patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent thymectomy in our hospital from 1984 to 2003 were retrospectively studied.Of these patients,21 cases received peroral endotracheal intubation and 41 cases pernasal intubation.Intravenous-inhalation combined anesthesia was taken during operation.All of 62 patients with endobronchial tube were transferred to ICU and received mechanical ventilation.Results:Twenty-one patients with perora endotracheal intubation were extubated at 4h-6h after operation.Of these 21 patients,five cases had to be intubated again because of repeated occurrence of myasthenia crisis.Forty-one patients with pernasal intubation did not extubated until mechanical ventilation for 6 hrs to 5 days,and none needed for intubation again,pernasal intubation cases were significantly different with peroral endotracheal intubation cases.The statistics have no difference betwen the trachea incisioned and the dead cases.Conclusion:In anesthetic management of thymectomy for the patients with myasthenia gravis,pernasal endotracheal intubation is convenient for prolonged mechanical ventilation,it can effectively prevent the occurrence of postoperative myasthenia crisis.The perioperative safety precautions,intravenous-inhalation combined anesthesia during operation and strengthening management of respriratory tract are very important.