Thoracoscopic Examination and Cauterization of Adhesions
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more diseased part of the lung which is in greatest need of collapse. In the earlier years of artificial pneumothorax treatment attempts were made to sever these adhesions by thoracotomy (by the open method). This was attended with many com, plications and the procedure is not now considered justifiable. In 1910 Jacobeus introduced the present method of intrapleural pneumolysis and invented the instruments for the intrapleural division of adhesions by the closed method by galvano-cautery under the guidance of vision through a thoracoscope. The thoracoscope Is an instrument built on the principles of the cystoscope* In Jacobeus' thoracoscope the lenses are arranged in such a way that the adhesions are seen indirectly by reflection. Others have improved on this and
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