Comparison of Conservative Treatment and Thymectomy on Myasthenia Gravis Outcome Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Philip Kent Paschal, Bian Liu, PhD, Andrew.

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Comparison of Conservative Treatment and Thymectomy on Myasthenia Gravis Outcome Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Philip Kent Paschal, Bian Liu, PhD, Andrew J Kaufman, MD, Raja M. Flores, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages 1805-1813 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Summary of search and selection strategy (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses diagram). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 Remission proportion with thymectomy. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 3 Remission proportion with medical treatment. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 4 Pooled odds ratio (OR) of remission with thymectomy compared with medication (conservative treatment). (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 5 Funnel plot of the odds ratio (OR) of studies comparing thymectomy with medical treatment. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 6 Pooled odds ratio (OR) of remission with thymectomy compared with medication in studies including patients with thymoma. (CI = confidence interval) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1805-1813DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.052) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions