Table 1.
Reports of the successful use of sugammadex in patients with myasthenia gravis
| Reference | Patient demographics | Findings |
|---|---|---|
| Kondo et al.[24] | 79-year-old, 59 kg woman for aortic arch replacement. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (200 mg). |
| Casarroti et al.[25] | Two patients: 48-year-old man for emergency laparotomy for sigmoid perforation and a 71-year-old woman with hematemesis for upper endoscopy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (4 mg/kg). |
| Sunger Ulke et al.[26] | Case series of 10 patients for thoracoscopic-assisted thymectomy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2 mg/kg) in all 10 patients. |
| Rudzka-Nowak and Piechota[27] | 85-year-old man for abdominal surgery. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (3 mg/kg). |
| De Boer et al.[28] | Two patients (unspecified demographics) for short surgical procedures. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (4 mg/kg) |
| Petrun et al.[29] | 40-year-old woman for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2 mg/kg). |
| Unterbuchner et al.[30] | 72-year-old man for radical prostatectomy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2 mg/kg). |
| Soyoral et al.[31] | 28-year-old parturient for cesarian section. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2 mg/kg). |
| Kim and Kim[32] | 56-year-old man for nasal surgery. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (4 mg/kg) |
| Shah and Dharmarajan[33] | 87-year-old man for emergency exploratory laparotomy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (4 mg/kg) |
| Jakubiak et al.[34] | 38-year-old morbidly obese woman (160 kg) for elective laparoscopic gastric banding. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (200 mg) |
| Argiriadou et al.[35] | 31-year-old obese woman (95 kg) for thymectomy. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2 mg/kg) |
| Puhringer et al.[36] | Series of 7 patients for cesarian section. | Neuromuscular blockade successfully reversed with sugammadex (2-4 mg/kg) |