[The evaluation of the external respiratory function in patients in late follow-up period after pneumonectomy].

The external respiration function (ERF) indexes were studied in 215 patients in 25-40 years after performance of pneumonectomy. In 55.3% patients ventilation indexes have exceeded the due values by 50% for two lungs, in 8.

[Origination of mediastinal hernia in late follow up period after performance of pulmonectomy].

In 25-40 years after pneumonectomy conduction the mediastinal hernia (MH) occurred in 62.4% of 210 patients. Principal clinico-radiological signs of MH were vicarious hypertrophy and true pulmonary emphysema.

[Possibilities of the assessment of the level and degree of bronchial patency according to the data of a flow-volume loop in patients who underwent lung surgery].

On the basis of examination of 45 patients who had been operated on for tuberculoma, tumors, abscesses, echinococcosis, developmental anomalies of the lungs and bronchiectasis it is concluded that R. F. Klement's tables of the degrees of bronchial patency gradation for phthisiopulmonological patients cannot be used for characterizing bronchial patency in individuals who had undergone operation.