New modality of collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis sequels: tissue expander.
Classical collapse therapy with extrapleural Lucite balls placement used for tuberculosis sequelae is associated with long term complications, such as migration of the foreign body. We report a new modality of collapse therapy for tuberculosis cavitation which may avoid this complication and which uses percutaneous tissue expanders. Postoperative course was uneventful and mid term follow-up confirmed the functional improvement without recurrence of the infection. This new modality of post-tuberculosis collapse therapy may allow treatment with fewer physical and physiologic sequelae of the residual cavities, and should reduce long term complications such as migration.
Bertin
François
F
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Angiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Limoges, Limoges, France. francois.bertin@chu-limoges.fr
Labrousse
Louis
L
Gazaille
Virgile
V
Vincent
François
F
Guerlin
Antoine
A
Laskar
Marc
M
D000328:Adult; D003096:Collapse Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*