Volume 69 Numbers 1 & 2 January/March 2002	back to contents

Anesthetic Implications of Myasthenia Gravis	31-37
Mark Abel, M.D.1, and James B. Eisenkraft, M.D.2

¹Horace A Goldsmith Professor and Chair and ²Guest Editors, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Address correspondence to Mark Abel, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Box 1010, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029-6574

ABSTRACT

Myasthenia gravis is a disease of great significance to the anesthesiologist, because it affects the neuromuscular junction. Many patients with this condition are treated by surgical thymectomy, using techniques developed by Mount Sinai physicians, including Dr. Paul Kirschner, Dr. Alan E. Kark, and the late Dr. Angelos E. Papatestas. The authors review the anesthetic considerations in the management of patients with myasthenia gravis who are undergoing thymectomy and other surgical procedures.

KEYWORDS

Myasthenia gravis, anesthesia, thymectomy.

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