Thymectomy for XXXX : outcome of treatment in a tertiary hospital.

@entity1 @entity55 @entity1737 @entity128 @entity716 @entity892
The clinical records of 24 of the 31 @entity1 who underwent thymectomy for @entity1737 from January 1991 to December 1995 were reviewed. The mean age of @entity1 was 36.5 years, with a male : female ratio of 1 : 5. The average duration of symptoms prior to consultation was 16.6 months. Most of the @entity1 presented @entity892 with clinical stage IIA prior to surgery. The most common procedure utilized was thymectomy via a median sternotomy under general anesthesia-epidural anesthesia. Five of the 24 @entity1 (21%) were immediately extubated postoperatively while 19 remained intubated, with 12 @entity1 attached to a ventilator. Extubation ranged from the first postoperative day up to more than two weeks postoperatively. The average length of ICU stay was 8.1 days and the average length of hospital stay was 31.1 days. The most common morbidity was @entity55 (38%). One @entity1 had a brief reactive @entity716 and another @entity1 had @entity128 which manifested 2 weeks postoperatively. The average length of follow-up was 14.8 months and the mean follow-up period was 24.5 months. There was a general trend of decrease in the dose of medication. However, there was an increase in the medication in 3 @entity1 with 2 showing clinical improvement.
