[Soft tissue emphysema in spontaneous pneumothorax. Features of medical approaches].

Soft tissue emphysema (including subcutaneous emphysema) is common in pneumothorax. In most cases, this condition is of little clinical significance and regresses under standard medical procedures. However, progressive soft tissue emphysema poses a threat to the patient's life in case of compression of the upper respiratory tract in some cases.

[Chest wall morphological changes after sternal reconstruction with titanium mesh implant in patients with sternum instability].

Sternal instability is the one of the unresolved problems in open cardiac surgery (1-8%). The risk of recurrence after repeated osteosynthesis is up to 20% in these patients. Repeated osteosynthesis is impossible in some cases, and this complicates anterior chest wall reconstruction.

[Additional vascularization of the omental flap using mammary-gastroepiploic bypass grafting in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection].

Incidence of postoperative sternomediastinitis depends on various risk factors and makes up 8%. Surgical debridement with local management of the wound are used to achieve wound sterility. In some cases, sternectomy or subtotal sternal resection are performed for total sternal osteomyelitis with osteoporotic bone and multiple fractures.

[VATS resection of basal pyramid segments in sequestration of the left lower lobe].

Lung sequestration is a congenital malformation represented by a non-functioning pulmonary parenchyma supplied via an aberrant artery of systemic circulation. This malformation makes up 1-6% of all congenital lung abnormalities. In 1946, Pryce M.

[Musculocutaneous grafting in the treatment of irradiation-induced chest osteomyelitis].

Objective: To report our own experience of one-stage surgical treatment of irradiation-induced osteomyelitis as a complication of radiotherapy for breast cancer (BC).

Material And Methods: The study included 25 patients with irradiation-induced chest osteomyelitis after previous radiotherapy for breast cancer. All patients were examined according to the same protocol.