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host modulating therapy efforts to control periodontal disease by directly targeting the host response; an example is the use of drugs that do this, such as sub-antimicrobial doses of doxycycline, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, or bisphosphonates.
noun. plastic surgery of the thorax. 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 is to remove a series of ribs (decostalization) overlying the pathologically altered lung parenchyma (refractory cavity) or the infectious pleural space (empyema). The aim of this procedure is to decrease or adjust the size of the chest wall to fit to the diseased lung inside to heal and to function well.
thoracoplasty. ( ˈθɔːrəkəʊˌplæstɪ) n, pl -ties. 1. (Surgery) plastic surgery of the thorax. 2. (Surgery) 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-) noun Word 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.
Thoracoplasty means resection of bony parts of the chest wall, usually more or less extended parts of the ribs. The aim of the procedure is to reduce the size of the chest wall to eliminate a hollow space, or to compress a pathologically altered lung.
