NDLI: A comparison between IVIG and plasma exchange as preparations before thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients

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Author	Ramzi, Davood Shojaei, Maziar Peyvandi, Hassan Oroei, Mahbobeh Alipour Faz, Athena Peyvandi, Maryam Ghadiri, Fereshteh
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of the curable neurologic disorders. Various pharmacological therapies are administered for these patients and a thymectomy plays an important role in the therapy of myasthenia gravis, which develops a permanent or relative remission. We investigated the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and plasma exchange (PLEX) as a preparation before thymectomy in patients with MG. This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 24 patients with MG referred for thymectomy, which were randomized to two groups of IVIG and PLEX. The IVIG group received IVIG 1 g/kg/day for two consecutive days and the PLEX group underwent 1-L plasma exchange five times with 5 % albumin replacement fluid, every other day, 10–30 days before the procedure. The duration of hospitalization (day), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay after surgery (day), length of intubation period (h), duration of surgery (h) and dose of steroid administered were compared between the two groups. Analysis was performed via SPSS version 20. In the PLEX group, post-operative outcomes (duration of hospitalization, ICU length of stay after surgery, intubation period and duration of surgery) were longer than those in the IVIG group. There was significant difference in intubation period (p value = 0.01) and duration of surgery (p value = 0.05) between the PLEX and IVIG groups. The administration of IVIG in comparison to PLEX can be more effective in the preparation before thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients.
Starting Page	245
Ending Page	249
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03009009
Journal	Acta Neurologica Belgica
Volume Number	117
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	22402993
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2016-08-16
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Plasma exchange Neurology Neurosciences Myasthenia gravis Thymectomy Medicine/Public Health Intravenous immunoglobulin Neuroradiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology (clinical)

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