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Descriptor English: Thoracoplasty
Descriptor Spanish: Toracoplastia
Descriptor toracoplastia
Scope note: Resección quirúrgica de las costillas para permitir que la pared torácica se desplace hacia dentro y produzca colapso del pulmón enfermo. (Dorland, 28a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Toracoplastia
Descriptor French: Thoracoplastie
Entry term(s): Thoracoplasties
Tree number(s): E04.928.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013905
Scope note: Surgical removal of ribs, allowing the chest wall to move inward and collapse a diseased lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 14292
Unique ID: D013905
NLM Classification: WF 980
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Thoracoplasty - Preferred
Concept UI M0021407
Scope note Surgical removal of ribs, allowing the chest wall to move inward and collapse a diseased lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Thoracoplasty
Entry term(s) Thoracoplasties



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