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According to MGFA-PIS, after surgery we had 4 (6%) complete stable remission, 11 (16.7%) pharmacological remission, 43 (65.2%) minimal manifestation, 2 (3%) worsening\/death for MG, and 5 (7.6%) unchanged. No association was found between neurological outcome and age of MG onset, kind of pharmacological therapy before surgery, surgical approach (sternotomy vs others), tumour dimension, the ITMIG stage and the preoperative Osserman score. For MG and thymoma-afftected patients over 65\u00a0years, thymectomy seems to be an effective treatment to improve neurological symptoms. 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