Obesity is known to have a negative impact on pregnancy outcome, as it is associated with an increase in the incidence of gestational diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, neural tube defects, macrosomia, and late fetal death. Gastric banding is considered an appropriate intervention for morbid obesity when other weight-loss measures are unsuccessful, and this treatment has been shown to be effective in causing...
AIMS: Evaluation of thymectomy cases between 1990-2003, in a General Surgery Department. Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy in Miastenia Gravis patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective study based on evaluation of data from Serviço de Cirurgia, Neurologia and Consult de Neurology processes, between 1990-2003, of 15 patients submitted to total thymectomy. RESULTS: 15 patients, aged 17 to 72, 11 female...
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