Biomedical subjects

N Curi

Publications and source records attributed to N Curi.

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PubMed1985

Immunosuppression with corticosteroids and thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: an evaluation of immediate and short term results in 20 patients.

A comparative study was conducted on two groups of patients with the generalized severe form of myasthenia gravis. The first group of 20 patients received oral daily doses of 60-100 mg of prednisone prior to thymectomy. The control group of 20 were submitted to surgery without prior corticosteroid treatment. The study included statistical analysis of the clinical results and surgical complications for both groups. The authors concluded that the use of steroids preoperatively is beneficial.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1978

[Thymectomy in myasthenia gravis. Evaluation of the results in 73 patients].

An evaluation of results obtained after 73 thymectomies is reported. A transthoracic approach was used on all of the patients. Thymomas were found in 9 out of the 73 patients with myasthenia. All of the 64 patients without thymomas suffered from generalized myasthenia gravis with predominance of severe forms. The results of the early, intermediate and late post-operative course were analysed. A comparative study of results as related to age, sex, duration of disease and presence or absence of thymomas was made. Statistical analysis failed to show any significant difference in the results of thymectomy between selected and randomly chosen patients without thymomas.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1977