Preoperative High-Dose Steroid Has Long-Term Beneficial Effects for Myasthenia Gravis
Figure 2
Kaplan-Meier curves for the modified PR in MG patients: Kaplan-Meier curves for MG patients () in preoperative programmed high-dose steroid treatment group (solid line) versus those () in no preoperative steroid treatment group (broken line). The modified PR was defined as the absence of symptoms and signs of MG for at least 1 year, with intake of a daily PSL dose of 5.0 mg or less for MG and no intake of other immunosuppressive drugs. Vertical bars indicate censured data. A significant difference was found between the two curves (log-rank test, ). Therefore the present study aimed to clarify the clinical benefits of preoperative programmed high-dose steroid treatment for MG by comparing the long-term outcomes of MG patients who received high-dose steroid treatment prior to thymectomy with those of MG patients who did not.
