Thymectomy -- surgery to remove your thymus -- is one treatment for myasthenia gravis. Your doctor might recommend it if your symptoms are severe or caused by a thymoma. That’s a tumor on your thymus. Test your knowledge of the procedure with this quiz.

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There are three types of thymectomy surgery.

  • True
  • False
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What percentage of people see fewer symptoms after a thymectomy?

  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 70%
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Everyone needs certain treatments for myasthenia gravis before a thymectomy.

  • True
  • False

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SOURCES: 

Cleveland Clinic: “Thymectomy,” “Immune Globulin Injection,” “Plasmapheresis and Plasma Exchange.”

Mayo Clinic: “General anesthesia.”

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America: “Thymectomy.”