[Factors which may influence the surgical outcome in myasthenia gravis].

Objective: This study intends to assess the factors which may influence the surgical outcome in myasthenia gravis.

Method: 52 myasthenic patients were operated on in the IIIrd surgical unit, Iaşi, undergoing extended thymectomy through a complete longitudinal sternotomy during a period of 21 years (1980-2001), the surgical outcome being variable. The following factors: age, clinical stage (Osserman classification), the history length and the histopathology of the specimen were analysed in respect with the surgical outcome which varied from complete remission and clinical improvement till no effect and death.