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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Pulmonary Surgical Procedures > Collapse Therapy > Pneumothorax, Artificial

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Pneumothorax, Artificial  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • coordinate with disease /surg; do not confuse with PNEUMOTHORAX, a disease

Scope note

  • Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the PLEURAL CAVITY to collapse the lung.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011031

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