The Failed Thoracoplasty

The failed thoracoplasty.

Until a few years ago thoracoplasty was a final procedure in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis , and the introduction of the extra-fascial strip operation made the results of this operation appear very good. Thus Sellors (1947), reporting on 588 patients, all of whom were presumed to have a positive sputum before operation, records that 64% were doing full work and 6% light work, and, of ...

Thoracoplasty

Modified thoracoplasty.

Thoracoplasty has been for many years accepted as the standard collapse operation in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, and as an operation it has undergone surprisingly little change or variation. There have, however, been periodic modifications in technique designed to overcome some of the disadvantages or to enhance some of the advantages of the procedure, but these have proved of litt...

The Paulino thoracoplasty.

At the annual meeting of the American Association for thoracic surgery at Dallas in 1952, Dr. Paul T. DeCamp and Associates read “A Paper on Suture Constriction of the Lung and Partial Thoracoplasty.”1 More recently2 they have reviewed their four year experience with this procedure. This paper describes our experience with the operation at Tranquille Sanatorium over an 18 month period, during w...

The second stage thoracoplasty.

Many surgeons and patients alike share the belief that the second stage of a paravertebral thoracoplasty, in comparison with the first stage, is a simple procedure. This has not been our observation, especially in so far as the comfort of the patient is concerned. This paper is offered to compare the reactions of the patient after the second stage with those which he experienced after the first...