Thoracic Surgery

Congenital deformities

Pectus Excavatum

Nuss bars and MRI

Thymus resection

- Patient selection and prognosis

Myasthenia gravis:

Cochrane Analysis, nonthymomatous, 2013: No RCT articles to review

126 Pt RCT, nonthymomatous, 2016. Lower Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis score over 3-yr (6,15/8,99), Lower Prednisolone dose (32 mg/54 mg), Lower need for other immunosuppression (17%/48%), Decreased hospitalization (52%/23%), -life threatening events (12%/2%)

- Technique

VATS thymectomy