RT Book, Section
A1 Wyatt, David A.
A1 LeBlanc, Nicholas D.
A1 Nussbaum, Michael S.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Burt, Bryan M.
A2 Groth, Shawn S.
A2 Loor, Gabriel
A2 Wolf, Andrea S.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1170416427
T1 Radical Transsternal Thymectomy
T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026931
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416427
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  thymus  gland  is  the  most  common  structure  in  the  anterior  mediastinum  that  requires  surgical  extirpation.  The  indication  for  thymectomy  is  typically  either  for  thymic  neoplasm  or  for  the  treatment  of  the  autoimmune  disorder  myasthenia  gravis  (MG).  Thymus  removal  is  usually  a  safe,  straightforward  procedure,  but  this  depends  on  knowledge  of  the  anatomic  and  embryologic  characteristics  of  thymic  development.