[Diagnostic bronchofibroscopy in children with chronic lung diseases].

The article analyzes the experience with the application of rigid bronchoscopes and bronchofibroscopes for bronchological examinations of children. Bronchofibroscopy was shown to be less traumatic and to give a great volume of diagnostic information on the morpho-functional state of the bronchial tree, localization of the pathological process.

[Clinical significance of nondestructive forms of appendicitis in children].

On the basis of an analysis of remote results of appendectomy for non-destructive forms of appendicitis in children the authors make a conclusion that appendectomy was not justified in these forms of the disease. To differentiate destructive and non-destructive forms of appendicitis the authors recommend to use electromyography and laparoscopy.

[Surgical occlusion of the bronchi combined with surgery of lung abscesses or cysts in acute purulent lung diseases in children].

The authors propose a new method for surgical treatment of acute purulent diseases of lungs and pleura in children consisting in a combination of operative occlusion of the bronchus of the injured portion of the lung (transection of the bronchus with suturing its ends) with pneumoabscessotomy or cystectomy. Such operations are maximum sparing, have a sufficient sanitation effect, reduce the risk of recurrence, pyopneumothorax and shorten the period of treatment.