Publications by authors named "Marina G Tovbina"
Background: During the period from 1996 to 2016, we have performed 281 thymectomies in patients with various diseases of the thymus. In 179 patients, thymic pathology was associated with autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG), and, in 108 patients, thymoma was diagnosed.
Methods: The majority of surgeries [254] were performed using video thoracoscopy, 79 of them with an additional cervical approach.