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Removing thymus during cardiac surgery
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Abud BakriAvoidsHuberman Lab
Bakri warns that routine removal of thymic residue during open-heart surgery is associated with increased mortality and cancer/autoimmune risk in 5 years.
“removing the thymus tissue...leads to a mortality signal
HL▶ 1:30:46CaveatsExcludes legitimate thymoma removalCertaintyexplicitstrong warning