Preferred Label : collapse therapy;
MeSH definition : Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis whereby the lung is totally or partially,
temporarily or permanently, immobilized. The procedure was based on the popular concept
that collapsing the affected portion of a tuberculous lung allowed the infected area
to rest and thereby recover. At the beginning of the 20th century artificially induced
pneumothorax (PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL) was popular. Later a variety of other techniques
was used to encourage collapse of the infected portion of the lung: unilateral phrenic
nerve division, PNEUMONOLYSIS, pneumoperitoneum (PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL), and
THORACOPLASTY. Collapse therapy has declined since the advent of antitubercular chemotherapy.
(Stedman, 25th ed; from Sabiston Jr, Textbook of Surgery, 14th ed, p1733-4);
MeSH synonym : therapy, collapse; therapies, collapse; collapse therapies;
MeSH annotation : a method of surg ther of tuberc; do not use /util except by MeSH definition;
Origin ID : D003096;
UMLS CUI : C0009345;
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Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis whereby the lung is totally or partially,
temporarily or permanently, immobilized. The procedure was based on the popular concept
that collapsing the affected portion of a tuberculous lung allowed the infected area
to rest and thereby recover. At the beginning of the 20th century artificially induced
pneumothorax (PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL) was popular. Later a variety of other techniques
was used to encourage collapse of the infected portion of the lung: unilateral phrenic
nerve division, PNEUMONOLYSIS, pneumoperitoneum (PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL), and
THORACOPLASTY. Collapse therapy has declined since the advent of antitubercular chemotherapy.
(Stedman, 25th ed; from Sabiston Jr, Textbook of Surgery, 14th ed, p1733-4)
