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Communication between the operative-side airway and the atmosphere before pleural opening may permit tidal gas movement, ambient air entrainment, and nitrogen re-entry during the closed-chest period, delaying subsequent absorption collapse. This narrative review reorganizes lung collapse strategies, including denitrogenation, operative-side airway occlusion, preemptive OLV, disconnection, bronchial suction, and the open-clamp airway technique, according to timing and physiological target. Before pleural opening, alveolar nitrogen should be reduced and ambient air entrainment prevented. Around the pleural opening, airway patency and brief suspension of positive-pressure ventilation may preserve elastic recoil venting. During OLV maintenance, re-clamping or limiting atmospheric communication may support residual gas absorption. This phase-based framework interprets recent clinical findings as interventions acting before, during, and after pleural opening. 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