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Collapse Therapy
Collapse therapy: historical surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis immobilizing the lung (artificial pneumothorax, thoracoplasty, plombage) so lesions rest and heal; obsolete after 1940s chemotherapy, revived for drug-resistant TB.
Decortication
Decortication is a thoracic surgical procedure that removes the thick fibrous peel encasing a restricted lung so it can re-expand, used for organized empyema, trapped lung, and hemothorax.
Pleurectomy
Pleurectomy is a surgical operation that removes part of the pleura, the membrane lining the chest wall and covering the lung, used for pneumothorax, empyema, and mesothelioma.
Thoracostomy
Thoracostomy, including needle thoracostomy, is a clinical procedure that creates an incision or puncture through the chest wall to drain air, fluid, or blood from the pleural space.
Tracheobronchoplasty
Tracheobronchoplasty is a thoracic operation that reinforces the weakened posterior wall of the trachea and main bronchi with mesh, restoring airway shape in adults with severe tracheobronchomalacia.
Tracheoplasty
Tracheoplasty is a surgical reconstruction of the trachea that widens or rebuilds a narrowed airway, most often to correct congenital or acquired tracheal stenosis; slide tracheoplasty trades length for caliber.