Thoracoplasty
"Thoracoplasty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal of ribs, allowing the chest wall to move inward and collapse a diseased lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013905
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.928.750
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracoplasty" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Thoracoplasty" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracoplasty" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Mathews CS, Bumpass DB, McCullough FL, McCarthy RE. Expansion Thoracoplasty as a Life-Saving Procedure in an Adolescent With Severe Spinal Deformity and Sacral Agenesis. Spine Deform. 2019 01; 7(1):171-175.
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Loberman D, Rajab TK, Yammine M, Welt FG, Eisenhauer AC, Davidson MJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via Left Anterior Thoracotomy in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan; 101(1):344-6.