Cas Lek Cesk
September 1992
Endobronchial treatment by means of a laser acquired during the past ten years a firm place in bronchology. In the submitted paper the authors present their initial experience with this treatment in patients of the Pneumological Clinic in Prague-Veleslavín. In the course of 12 months since when there is a Nd:YAG laser, Sharplan Co.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe paper deals with 10 years of experience a multispecialty team has reached in the therapy of tracheal stenoses and acquired tracheoesophageal fistulas. In 38 surgical patients the authors performed 50 reconstruction operations. The best results were reached in stenoses and tumours of trachea provided the patient had not died after the operation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe value of BAL in three groups of diseases (sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, inflammatory diseases of the bronchi) compared with a control group is described. The cellular components and total protein and glycoprotein as well as electrolyts and angiotension-converting enzyme were examined. In patients with sarcoidosis a higher retention of sodium ions was stated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the authors' method of a fibrobronchoscopic investigation using a translucent catheter in the fibrinoscope Olympus with an operational channel of 1.9 mm there were determined in 8 patients in the sitting position possibilities of estimating the degree of free passage in the respiratory tract. Patients with relapsing bronchial inflammations were examined before and after the aspiration of bronchial secretions that was restricting the passage in the respiratory tract prior to the investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe limiting factors in the treatment of bronchogenic cancer consist, from the bronchological point of view, in the possibility to estimate the advanced macromorphological stage of the disease with the determination of the degree of the affection of regional intrathoracic nodes. By the perbronchial route it is possible to obtain also a sufficient amount of material from unaffected nodes for purposes of testing their function. The testing of the spontaneous E-rosette formation is shortened, with the use of this method, by three quarters of an hour, but the possibility of obtaining a sufficient quantity of lymphocytes by the perbronchial puncture with the use of a fine needle is on average smaller than 50% in all types of bronchogenic cancer.
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