Immediate and long-term results of pulmonary resection in bronchiectasis
Voronov, A.A.; Aleksandrov, O.V.; Kalechenkov, M.K.; Sharov, I.K.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 137(12): 3-6
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 3824800 Document Number: 274632
Under analysis were the nearest results of resection of the lungs for bronchoectasias in 360 patients aged from 5 to 68. Favorable nearest results were noted in 96.4% of the patients operated upon, with no lethal outcomes. Pleural complications met in 11% of the cases proved to be consequences of inadequate hermetic quality of the pulmonary and bronchial sutures. Remote results from 1 to 10 years were studied in 267 patients. Complete recovery was achieved in 29.9%, considerable improvement in 53.2%, the condition failed to change in 13.8%, aggravation was noted in 3.1%. Best results were obtained after operations performed at the age of 5-10 years, radical treatment in unilateral and bilateral bronchoectasias. Long-term results of the operations were influenced by pleuropulmonary complications, not treated chronical bronchitis, emphysematous alterations in the residual portions of the lungs.