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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1007-1008
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: General thoracic

Invited commentary

Joseph W. Rubin, MD, CM

22 River Reach Way, Charleston, SC 29407-3372

(Email: jrubin@knology.net).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

The article by Tomulescu and colleagues [1] underlines the persistence in the controversy between those who promote "maximal" thymectomy during the course of treating myasthenia gravis and those who do not. The authors state that their procedure is equivalent to "standard extended" transsternal thymectomy, an operation which is said to remove about 85% of thymic tissue in the mediastinum.

A survey of the current literature further emphasizes the nub of the issue. Reproof being cast on those who do not espouse removal of as much . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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