Preoperative High-Dose Steroid Has Long-Term Beneficial Effects for Myasthenia Gravis

Table 3

Steroid side effects in the preoperative programmed high-dose steroid treatment group.

Steroid side effects	Frequency
Total	42/113 (37.2%)
Hyperglycemia, diabetes mellitus	22/113 (19.5%); (Insulin treatment, 6)
Infection	12/133 (10.6%); (Herpes zoster, 4, candida esophagitis, 2, Septicemia, 2, pneumonitis, 1, pleuritis, 1, phlegmon, 1, mediastinitis, 1)
Gastric ulcer	3/113 (2.7%)
Anxiety/depression; (steroid psychosis)	3/113 (2.7%)
Bone fracture	1/113 (0.9%)
Delay of wound recovery	1/113 (0.9%)