Pneumonolysis, sometimes referred to as plombage, is the separation of an adherent lung from the pleura, to permit collapse of the lung. It was formerly used to treat tuberculosis before effective medications were developed.

2020年9月8日 · Plombage, also known as extraperiosteal or extrapleural pneumonolysis, is a historical treatment method for cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobes of the lungs. It was used in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s prior to the introduction of effective antituberculous drugs, when treatment of tuberculosis consisted of rest, isolation, and proper nutrition.

2016年12月30日 · Plombage is a surgical treatment method used to treat cavitary TB of the upper lobe of the lung. 1 It was a historical treatment during 1930–50s prior to the introduction of anti-TB drug therapy, 1 where TB treatment relied upon rest, proper nutrition and isolation. The word Plombage derived from Latin word ‘plumbum’ which means, ‘lead’.

Plombage involved creating a cavity under the upper ribs and filling the space with inert materials like Lucite balls, ping pong balls, oils, rubber sheets, paraffin wax, and gauze. This technique aimed to collapse the upper lobe of the lung to facilitate the healing of tuberculosis (1).

Plombage is a historical treatment in which a cavity is created surgically in the upper chest wall and the space is filled with inert material, such as fat, paraffin wax, rubber balloons, oil or methyl‐methacrylate (Lucite) balls, and it also promotes lung collapse.

DISCUSSION: During the 1930s-1950s the standard of care for TB involved surgical collapse of the lung; a treatment called, “plombage”. A shift toward antibiotic treatment was made with the development of streptomycin in 1946, which was found to have curative effects [2].

Plombage was a surgical method used prior to the introduction of anti-tuberculosis drug therapy to treat cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobe of the lung. The term derives from the Latin word " plumbum " (lead) and refers to the insertion of an inert substance in the pleural space.

INTRODUCTION: Plombage (extra-pleural pneumonolysis) is a surgical treatment method used to treat cavitary lesions of the lung in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) during 1930–50s before the introduction of anti-TB chemotherapy by creating a cavity surgically under the ribs in the chest wall and filling the space with inert material ...

Plombage consisted of the insertion of an inert substance in the pleural, extrapleural, or extrafascial space to force lung collapse. Materials such as vegetable and mineral oil, fat (omentum), blood, bone, polythene bags, paraffin wax, silk, gelatin, gauze sponge, rubber balloons, and methyl methacrylate spheres (Lucite balls) were used ( Fig ...

2010年12月2日 · This technique of collapsing the lung is termed ‘plombage’ and was often achieved with the insertion of Lucite (a transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin) balls or more recently plastic ping-pong balls. Other substances included fat, solid paraffin wax, liquid olive or mineral oils, or even bone.