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Thymectomy

Analysis and visualization developed by Oscar J. Ponce, and project led by Andrea Paola Solis-Pazmino

Publication

To know more about the methodology, results and conclusion of this study follow the link below.

Title Impact of the Surgical Approach to Thymectomy Upon Complete Stable Remission Rates in Myasthenia Gravis: A Meta-analysis
Journal Neurology
Publication date 4 May 2021
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012153

Podcast

The results of this study were also shared in the Neurology® Podcast

Open Data

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Stage File
Protocol Prospero
Search strategy Available to download as .CSV: OVID, Scopus
Abstract screening References used in this stage or search results
Full-text screening References used in this stage
Included studies References used for data extraction
Raw Outcome data Available as .CSV
Analysis codes Script as R Markdown

Summary of forest plots

Figure 2

Click to show *Risk of achieving Complete Stable Remission in patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent* ***Extended transsternal thymectomy*** *vs.* ***Transsternal thymectomy*** *at different follow-ups* ![](Forestplots/unnamed-chunk-1-1.svg) > To generate this forest plot, we used information from Supplementary > Figures 1 to 3.

Figure 3

Click to show *Risk of achieving Complete Stable Remission in patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent* ***Transsternal Thymectomy*** *vs.* ***Minimally Invasive Thymectomy*** *at different follow-ups* ![](Forestplots/unnamed-chunk-2-1.svg) > To generate this forest plot, we used information from Supplementary > Figures 4 to 9.

Figure 4

Click to show *Risk of achieving Complete Stable Remission in patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent* ***different types of minimally invasive thymectomy*** *at different follow-ups* ![](Forestplots/unnamed-chunk-3-1.svg)

Figure 5

Click to show *Risk of achieving Complete Stable Remission in patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent* ***VATS extended unilateral*** *vs. those who underwent* ***VATS extended bilateral*** *thymectomy at different follow-ups* ![](Forestplots/unnamed-chunk-4-1.svg)

Figure 6

Click to show *Risk of postoperative complications in patients with Myasthenia gravis undergoing thymectomy by minimally invasive vs. median sternotomy approaches* ![](Forestplots/complications_overall-1.svg)

Supplementary Figures

Extended Transsternal vs. Basic Transsternal forest plots

Suppl. Figure 1: Extended Transsternal vs. Basic Transsternal, risk of CSR at 3 years of follow-up

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Suppl. Figure 2: Extended Transsternal vs. Basic Transsternal, risk of CSR at 4 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma41-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 3: Extended Transsternal vs. Basic Transsternal, risk of CSR at 4 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma42-1.svg)

Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended forest plots

Suppl. Figure 4: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 3 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma43-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 5: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 4 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma44-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 6: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 5 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma45-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 7: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 6 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma46-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 8: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 7 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma47-1.svg)

Suppl. Figure 9: Extended Transsternal vs. VATS extended, risk of CSR at 8 years of follow-up

![](Forestplots/forestplotma48-1.svg)