Abstract
To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 42 patients at our department with bulbar myasthenia gravis. They underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) from May 2003 to August 2010. Another 42 patients treated with medications alone were selected as controls. Compared with the control group(4.32±0.23), postoperative dysphagia scores improved significantly in patients undergoing VATET(9.21±0.41). And so did the dysphagia assessment classification (P<0.05). Thus VATET could effectively and definitely relieve dysphagia in patients with bulbar myasthenia gravis. Key words: Myasthenia gravis; Deglutition disorders
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