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Descriptor English:
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Collapse Therapy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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colapsoterapia pulmonar
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Colapsoterapia
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Synonyms English:
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Collapse Therapies
Therapies, Collapse
Therapy, Collapse
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Tree Number:
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E04.928.600.220
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Definition English:
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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) |
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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3127
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Unique Identifier:
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D003096
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Similar:
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DeCS
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