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Collapse Therapy

Known as: Collapse Therapies, Therapies, Collapse, Therapy, Collapse 
Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis whereby the lung is totally or partially, temporarily or permanently, immobilized. The procedure was… 
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Educational aspectsTuberculosis, Pulmonarylegislation & jurisprudencenursing therapy

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2018
2018
Geomechanical modelling of sinkhole development using distinct elements: model verification for a single void space and application to the Dead Sea area
Abstract. Mechanical and/or chemical removal of material from the subsurface may generate large subsurface cavities, the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A coupled plankton-anchovy population dynamics model assessing nonlinear controls of anchovy and gelatinous biomass in the Black Sea
A coupled model of lower trophic levels and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus ponticus population dynamics was developed to analyze… 
2007
2007
Micro/nanopatterning of proteins via contact printing using high aspect ratio PMMA stamps and nanoimprint apparatus.
Micro- and nanoscale protein patterns have been produced via a new contact printing method using a nanoimprint lithography… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Permafrost Degradation and Ecological Changes Associated with a WarmingClimate in Central Alaska
Studies from 1994–1998 on the TananaFlats in central Alaska reveal that permafrostdegradation is widespread and rapid, causing… 
2001
2001
Late complications of collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis involved placement of various materials to occupy space and keep the… 
1998
1998
Preliminary results of collapse therapy with plombage for pulmonary disease caused by multidrug-resistant mycobacteria.
Seven patients underwent collapse therapy with polystyrene sphere plombage for pulmonary disease caused by multidrug-resistant… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Frequent chest X-ray fluoroscopy and breast cancer incidence among tuberculosis patients in Massachusetts.
The incidence of breast cancer was determined in 4940 women treated for tuberculosis between 1925 and 1954 in Massachusetts… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cancer mortality in a radiation-exposed cohort of Massachusetts tuberculosis patients.
The mortality experience of 13,385 tuberculosis patients treated between 1925 and 1954 in Massachusetts was determined through… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
The modern use of thoracoplasty.
1983
1983
Carlo Forlanini, inventor of artificial pneumothorax for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Theyear1882wasanannusmirabilis inthehistory ofpulmonary tuberculosis, foritsawnotonly the discovery ofthetubercle bacillus… 
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