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Nursing care plan for patients Undergoing thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

Journal: The Greek E-Journal of Perioperative Medicine (Vol.18, No. b)

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Page : 2-7

Keywords : Myasthesia gravis; thymectomy; nursing care plan;

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Abstract

One half of cortical thymoma patients develop myasthenia gravis (MG), an autoimmune disease affecting the voluntary muscles, while 15% of MG patients have thymomas. Thymectomy has been a mainstay in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and the management of such surgical patients is extremely demanding both at the physician's and at the nurse's level. In this paper we review some of the nursing interventions for patients with MG undergoing surgical removal of the thymus gland.

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