A surgical operation to cut through the ribs to allow the lungs to collapse, formerly a treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
Surgical removal of portions of the ribs to collapse diseased portions of the lung in efforts to treat pulmonary tuberculosis and empyema.
The surgical repair of abnormalities or defects of the thorax.
The operation of removing a varying number of ribs so that the underlying lung collapses. It was formerly done to treat pulmonary tuberculosis.
A plastic operation on the thorax; removal of portions of the ribs in stages to collapse diseased areas of the lung. It has been used on occasion to manage empyema or pulmonary tuberculosis, among other illnesses.
Surgical extraction of portions of all the ribs on one side, done to facilitate the collapse of both the chest wall and the underlying lung, in order to seal cavities in the lung. This procedure is also known as pleuropneumolysis.