Outcomes after major surgery in patients with myasthenia gravis: A nationwide matched cohort study

• Yi-Wen Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Wen Chang, Chao-Shun Lin

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Chia-Yi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Chun Chou,

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chun-Chieh Yeh,

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Chaur-Jong Hu,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Chih-Jen Hung,

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chao-Shun Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Wen Chang, Chao-Shun Lin

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ta-Liang Chen ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chien-Chang Liao

  * E-mail: ccliao@tmu.edu.tw, jacky48863027@yahoo.com.tw

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Shuan Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-0730

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