CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, Plombage was a common surgical technique formerly used for treatment of cavitary tuberculosis. Our case highlights the importance of considering past …

2020年9月8日 · Plombage, also known as extraperiosteal or extrapleural pneumonolysis, is a historical treatment method for cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobes of the lungs. It was …

2016年12月30日 · Plombage is a surgical treatment method used to treat cavitary TB of the upper lobe of the lung. 1 It was a historical treatment during 1930–50s prior to the introduction of anti …

2025年3月8日 · Plombage for Tuberculosis. White arrows point to lucite balls that were inserted into the right upper thorax in order to collapse the adjacent right upper lobe as an early …

Results: An 78-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated with plombage in 1962, ischemic heart disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, was admitted to hospital for …

DISCUSSION: During the 1930s-1950s the standard of care for TB involved surgical collapse of the lung; a treatment called, “plombage”. A shift toward antibiotic treatment was made with the …

Pleural involvement is common in tuberculosis, usually taking the form of an effusion in an apparently healthy young person soon after the primary infection. Pleural involvement may …

1995年10月1日 · An extraperiosteal pneumonolysis with Lucite ball plombage had been performed 45 years earlier at the City of Hope National Medical Center as treatment for right …

2016年10月27日 · Only active pulmonary TB is contagious. In many low-income and middle-income countries, TB continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and drug …

Extrapleural lucite ball plombage has been used 72 times in 64 patients. There have been two deaths, one postoperatively three days after operation from extensive flare-up of disease, and …