Breast surgery - Breast augmentation surgery

…This BCG was brought to Japan by Shiga Kiyoshi in 1925, and research on it began in the early Showa era, led by Imamura Arao. During this time, thoracoplasty, which had been gradually developed since the end of the 19th century, became popular as a surgical procedure for pulmonary tuberculosis, and in response to the rise of artificial pneumothorax therapy, both came to dominate the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. This was also due to the fact that no effective drug for pulmonary tuberculosis had appeared. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "thoracic plastic surgery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…このBCGは25年志賀潔によって日本にもたらされ，昭和の初めから今村荒男を中心とする研究が始まった。この間，肺結核の外科手術として，19世紀末ころからしだいに発達をとげた胸部成形術が隆盛となり，人工気胸療法の隆盛と相呼応して，ともに肺結核治療の主座を占めるようになった。それは有力な肺結核の治療薬が出現しないためでもあった。…

※「胸部成形術」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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