Medical Definition of Collapse therapy

1. Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis whereby the lung is totally or partially, temporarily or permanently, immobilised. 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collapse Therapy

collagenous pneumoconiosis
collagens
collages
collagey
collagic
collaging
collagist
collagists
collagraphy
collapsable
collapsar
collapsars
collapse
collapse delirium
collapse of dental arch
collapse therapy (current term)
collapsed
collapses
collapsibility
collapsible
collapsible shelter
collapsin
collapsing
collapsing pulse
collapsion
collapsions
collapsogram
collar
collar-bone

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