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Collapse Therapy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Collapse Therapy
Tree Number(s)
E04.928.600.220
Unique ID
D003096
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003096
Scope Note
Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis whereby the lung is totally or partially, temporarily or permanently, immobilized. The procedure was based on the popular concept that collapsing the affected portion of a tuberculous lung allowed the infected area to rest and thereby recover. At the beginning of the 20th century artificially induced pneumothorax (PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL) was popular. Later a variety of other techniques was used to encourage collapse of the infected portion of the lung: unilateral phrenic nerve division, PNEUMONOLYSIS, pneumoperitoneum (PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL), and THORACOPLASTY. Collapse therapy has declined since the advent of antitubercular chemotherapy. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Sabiston Jr, Textbook of Surgery, 14th ed, p1733-4)
Entry Version
COLLAPSE THER
Entry Term(s)
Therapy, Collapse
NLM Classification #
WF 350
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1997/06/20
Collapse Therapy Preferred
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