[Modern Approach and Successful Experience of Conservative Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas with Non-Selective Beta-Blocker Propranolol].

The article deals with the actual problem of modern treatment of infant hemangiomas. The accumulated 10-year experience of using propranolol in 512 patients has shown its effectiveness and safety. The team of authors developed a protocol for managing patients with infantile hemangiomas of various localization at all stages of treatment.

[Surgical treatment of primary malignant tumors of the trachea].

The authors have performed 18 circular resections of the trachea (CRT) for adenocystic cancer and typical carcinoid. In 10 of these patients more than 5 cm of the tracheal segment were ablated. Postoperative radiotherapy was made on 8 patients with adenocystic cancer with lengthy CRT.

[Treatment of the extensive cicatricial stenoses of the upper third of trachea].

Treatment tactics in patients with the extensive cicatricial stenoses of the upper third of tracheа were thoroughly analyzed. Circular resections of trachea was performed in 51 cases, 18 of those were supplemented with the distal laryngeal resection. Combination of the endoscopic treatment (tracheal bouginage and laser stenosis dissection or tracheal recanalization) and circular resection of the trachea was performed in 23 patients.

[Changed functional ability of the lungs after lobectomy in patients with concomitant chronic obstructive disease of the lungs].

Lobectomy is the operation of choice for many diseases of pulmonary pathology, lung cancer being the most frequent indication to it. Smoking, as a common etiological factor, leads to a frequent combination of chronic obstructive disease of the lungs (CODL) and lung cancer. The expected disturbance of lung function after operation in such patients can make it not necessary.