title: Decortication after 35 years.
abstract: A 66-year-old white woman had a paraffin plombage performed in 1940 for tuberculosis. In 1975, she had decortication for terminal respiratory insufficiency, with return to an active life. Thirty-five years of pulmonary compression does not produce irreversible changes in the pulmonary parenchyma.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003096:Collapse Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors