surgical removal of several ribs or a part of them to permit the collapse of a diseased lung, used in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis
thoracoplasty in American English
(ˈθɔrəkouˌplæsti, ˈθour-)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
Surgery
the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis
Word origin
[1885–90; thoraco- + -plasty]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, foregut, retread, scrum, twofer-plasty is a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plasticsurgery,” used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix-plasty include: angioplasty, galvanoplasty, heteroplasty
Examples of 'thoracoplasty' in a sentence
thoracoplasty
He also underwent thoracoplasty to collapse the residual pleural space.
Rosso Lorenzo, Palleschi Alessandro, Mendogni Paolo, De Simone Matilde, Cioffi Ugo,Nosotti Mario, Ciulla Michele M, Santambrogio Luigi 2009, 'Omentoplasty and Thoracoplasty for treating postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulain a patient previously submitted to aortic prosthesis implantation', Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryhttp://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/38. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Decortication and early thoracoplasty in patients who had persistent pleural space should be considered.
Apichat Tantraworasin, Asara Thepbunchonchai, Sophon Siwachat, Chidchanok Ruengorn,Daowan Khunyotying, Andrew J. Kaufman, Emanuela Taioli, Somcharoen Saeteng 2018, 'Factors associated with recurrent bacterial empyema thoracis', Asian Journal of Surgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958416304985. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients had infection of the left thoracic cavity after 5 weeks, for which he was subjected to thoracoplasty and omentopexy.
Gadhinglajkar Shrinivas, Siddappa Shivananda, Sreedhar Rupa, Madathipat Unnikrishnan 2010, 'Cardiac herniation following completion pneumonectomy for bronchiectasis', Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesiahttp://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2010;volume=13;issue=3;spage=249;epage=252;aulast=Gadhinglajkar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)