Korean J Anesthesiol.  1991 Feb;24(1):179-187. 10.4097/kjae.1991.24.1.179.

Anesthetic Management for Thymectomy in the Patients with Myasthenia Gravis-Eight cases report

• Lee SH
• Lee SM
• Cho SD
• Song NW
• Lee KH

• KMID: 2239388
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1991.24.1.179

Abstract

Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic disorder of neuromuscular transmission characterized by weakness, fatigue of voluntary muscles, especially exacerbations and remissions, a rare disease in Korea. Special considerations are required in the anesthetic management of the myasthenic patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia and in the postoperative respiratory management by anesthesi olgists. Authors report 8 cases of anesthesia, using N20-02-Enflurane without using nondepolarizing and depolarizing muscle relaxants for thymectomy, experienced during the year 1986~1990.

Keyword

Myasthenia gravis; Muscle relaxants; Thymectomy; Anesthetic management; Respiratory management

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesia, General
Fatigue
Humans
Korea
Muscle, Skeletal
Myasthenia Gravis
Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents
Rare Diseases
Thymectomy*
Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents