title: [Thoracoplasty: the current role].
abstract: The Authors report a retrospective analysis of 29 patients who underwent thoracoplasty between 1990 and 1999. The mean follow-up period was 30 months. The median age was 55 years. The peri-operative mortality rate was 6.8%. The control of space obliteration, space infection and closure of the bronchopleural fistula was achieved in 27 patients. This article also discusses surgical history of thoracoplasty, technique adopted and its current application.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Haut-Lévêque, Servizio di Chirurgia Toracica, Università di Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minniti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubrez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jougon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Velly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D004653:Empyema / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011031:Pneumothorax, Artificial / Q000266:history; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery