[Analysis of lymphatic drainage pathways using infrared fluorescence in patients with lung cancer].

Objective: To develop a method for analysis of lymphatic drainage pathways from the lobe of the lung affected by non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using infrared fluorescence.

Material And Methods: A study enrolled patients with NSCLC who underwent anatomic resection of the lung with systematic lymph node dissection and preliminary intraoperative peritumoral injection of indocyanine green conjugate with human albumin. Registration of fluorescence in regional lymph nodes (LN) was carried out immediately after excision of specimen using the FLUM-808 instrumental system.

CRITERIA OF SURGICAL RISK IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE LUNG EMPHYSEMA WITH LARGE AND GIANT BULLAS.

The article presents an assessment of postoperative period in patients with diffuse lung emphysema with large and giant bullas on the basis of surgical risk criteria, which were developed for the patients with diffuse emphysema without bullas. Retrospective study determined the group of patients who had high rate of surgical complications after bullectomy. The patients (46) were divided into 2 groups and it depended on the initial condition of the patients.

[INTRAOPERATIVE DETECTION OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODES USING INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM IN LOCAL NON-SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF LUNG].

The article presents the results of the first domestic experience of intraoperative fluorescence mapping of sentinel lymph nodes in lung cancer. The research included 10 patients, who underwent surgery over the period of time from September 2013 to May 2014. After performing thoracotomy, the solution of indocyanine green (ICG) was injected using subpleural position above the tumor in 3-4 points.

[ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT OF DIAPHRAGM CONDITION OF THE PATIENTS, WHO PASSED THE SELECTION FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY].

The article showed the results of ultrasonic assessment of topographic and functional diaphragm indices in patients with severe diffuse emphysema. They passed the selection for lung volume reduction surgery. The comparison of diaphragm indices was presented in patients with diffuse emphysema and control group of healthy volunteers.

[To the question of reasonability of lung biopsy in primary spontaneous pneumothorax].

A biopsy of lung tissues was a conventional diagnostic method for detection of disseminated processes in the lung, which weren't diagnosed on preoperative stage. It was used during surgical anti-relapse treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). A retrospective analysis of the results of lung parenchyma biopsy was made in 143 patients, who have been operated for SP.