Thoracoplasty: The how and the why
1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 52; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0003-4975(91)90033-m
ISSN1552-6259
Autores Tópico(s)Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
ResumoAbstract Starting as a procedure designed to obliterate empyema spaces by decostalization, thoracoplasty evolved along two lines: (1) the Alexander type that quite successfully collapsed the cavities of pulmonary tuberculosis until supplanted by antimicrobial chemotherapy and pulmonary resection, and (2) the Schede type that was the springboard for still-evolving techniques for reducing intrathoracic spaces or filling them with living tissue implants. It is the therapeutic objective that determines the technical details of any proposed thoracoplasty.
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