Between 1985 and 1998 42 transsternal thymectomies were performed. The median duration of symptoms in myasthenia gravis patients (n = 27, 25/27 patients in stadium I/II of the Ossermann classification) was 40.3 weeks and 70.8 days between first diagnosis and operation. In 12 patients a thymoma was found (11/12 patients with stadium I/II of Masaoka classification), which was associated with myasthenia gravis symptoms in 10 cases. In 3 patients thymic tumors of other origin were verified histologically. After surgery these patients have an increased risk of pulmonary complications. We changed 1996 the perioperative anesthesiological procedure using total intravenous anesthesia with propofol/remifentanil and systemic patient-controlled analgesia with piritramide in the first two days after transsternal thymectomy. This management allows a quick extubation after operation and improved lung function postoperatively.
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