Assertion: thymus | /r/HasProperty | removed
Facets:
value: surgically
type: MANNER
value: during childhood
type: TEMPORAL
value: during heart surgery in infants
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Due to the location of the thymus gland, it must be removed for surgeons to gain access to the heart in infants.
text: However, there are potential consequences of removal early in life, such as when the thymus is removed during heart surgery in infants.
text: When the thymus gland is removed, roughly 60 percent of people with myasthenia gravis achieved remission.﻿﻿
text: However, there is no substantial dysfunction of the immune system if the thymus gland is surgically removed, even during childhood.
text: This may help to explain some of the anabolic changes seen in patients who are undergoing thymus hormone supplementation, certainly it is noted that when the thymus gland is removed, it is accompanied by a degeneration in pituitary cells (2) with a resultant catabolic action.
text: The thymus can also be removed surgically, which relieves symptoms in most people, although the specific part the thymus plays in the disease is not fully understood.