%0 Journal Article
%T Intravenous immunoglobulin to prevent myasthenic crisis after thymectomy and other procedures can be omitted in patients with well-controlled myasthenia gravis
%A Alberto J¨¢uregui
%A Daniel Ruiz
%A Francesc Carmona
%A Javier P¨¦rez
%A Josep Gamez
%A Laura Romero
%A Mar¨ªa Deu
%A Mar¨ªa Salvad¨®
%A Miriam de Nadal
%A Olga Mart¨ªnez
%A Pilar Su£¿¨¦
%J Archive of "Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders".
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1756286419864497
%X Myasthenic crisis (MC) is a potentially life-threatening complication of myasthenia gravis. Its precipitating factors include surgical procedures, particularly thymectomy. The role of preoperative intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in preventing MC in patients scheduled for thymectomy and other surgery with general anaesthesia is unknown. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that preoperative IVIg is effective in preventing myasthenic crisis in patients with myasthenia gravis scheduled for surgery under general anaesthesia, including thymectomy
%K clinical trial
%K immunoglobulin
%K myasthenia
%K myasthenic crisis
%K thymectomy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6640060/