title: The basics and prospects of surgical collapse treatment for advanced pulmonary tuberculosis
abstract: The paper presents the evolution of a surgical collapse approach to treating advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in circumstances where the causative agent shows a higher drug resistance and where the possibility of performing resection operations and pneumonectomies is limited. The authors show the historical aspects of development from thoracoplastic surgery to extrapleural pneumolysis, by filling the extrapleural space. They also depict stages in searchiing for effective biocompatible filling mat
journal: Vrach