"Collapse Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D003096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.928.600.220
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| Concept/Terms |
Collapse Therapy- Collapse Therapy
- Therapy, Collapse
- Collapse Therapies
- Therapies, Collapse
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