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.
Keywords: collapse therapy; pulmonary/surgery; pulmonary/therapy; tuberculosis.
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