Mixed connective tissue disease surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]

Overview

In MCTD, surgical options are the alternative for the patients who continue to progress in the disease related complications despite aggressive therapy.
The surgical options include procedures like atrial septostomy and lung transplantation.^[1]

↑ Ciang NC, Pereira N, Isenberg DA (March 2017). "Mixed connective tissue disease-enigma variations?". Rheumatology (Oxford). 56 (3): 326–333. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew265. PMID 27436003.