METHOD FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, phthisiosurgery. SUBSTANCE: one should carry out a two-stage thoracoplasty. First, it is necessary to conduct subperiosteal isolation and resection of fourth rib's section near the sternum, and lateral section of the fifth rib. Moreover, the sixth rib is resected backwards against posterior- axillary line. Additionally, peristernal resection of the third rib is performed to fix the lung to thorax from the sternum up to scapular line. Second, one should conduct posterior thoracoplasty. The method enables to decrease traumaticity and achieve more pronounced collapse of lung's top. EFFECT: higher efficiency of operation. 8 dwg, 1 ex