The Results of Collapse and Conservative Therapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Collapse Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The Collapse Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Surgical collapse therapy in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Collapse therapy (medical) in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Whatever the exact mechanism involved in the various measures embraced by the term ' collapse therapy' for pulmonary tuberculosis, a feature common to them all is the reduction in volume of the diseased portion of lung. There is ample evidence that the resultant relaxation is beneficial and conducive to healing. Yet, even before the advent of chemotherapy and the progress in thoracic surgery wh...

A Present View of Collapse Therapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis *

Collapse therapy, as a term, embraces a variety of procedures and has developed rapidly in recent years. The literally enormous number of publications upon the subject testifies to the interest in it. The naturally radical see in it the greatest therapeutic advance of the century, while even the most conservative concede it a great step in advance. No one dealing with pulmonary tuberculosis can...