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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1946
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Preoperative Use of Steroids in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis

Marcin Zielinski, MD, PhD, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Pulmonary Hospital, ul.Gladkie 1, Zakopane, 34-500 Poland

(Email: marcinz@mp.pl; j.kuzdzal@mp.pl).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Endo and colleagues [1]. We agree that the use of steroids before thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis markedly decreases the rate of postoperative respiratory insufficiency. As did Endo and coworkers [1], we found that the rate of infectious complications after transsternal thymectomy is not increased, even if high doses of steroids . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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