[Anesthetic management in endotracheo-bronchial surgery for central bronchial and tracheal tumors].

The article summarizes the experience of anesthetic management in rigid bronchoscopy endobronchial surgery. Induction intravenous anesthesia followed by high tidal-volume mechanical ventilation proved to be more effective, than inhalation anesthesia with injector or high-frequency ventilation, although these methods are safe and effective in patients with compensated respiratory failure. The use of controlled hypotonia with mean arterial pressure of 60-70 mm Hg leads to decrease of blood loss and hypoxemia prevention without impairment of hemodynamics.

[Use of hypotensive anesthesia in endotracheo-bronchial surgery for tumor-related lesion of the trachea and/or central bronchi].

The paper presents a review of the literature data and our own experience with 25 endotracheabronchial operations for tumor-related stenosis of the central bronchi and/or trachea using hypotensive anesthesia. The latter condition was induced by speeding up propofol injection and maintaining general anesthesia at 4.4-9 mg/kg x hr.

[A comparison of efficacy of different modalities of treatment for locally-advanced and metastatic non-small lung cancer].

The paper evaluates the efficacy of different modalities of treatment for locally-advanced and metastatic non-small lung cancer (NSLC) (1,316 pts.). Adjuvant chemotherapy was followed by an elevation of median of survival from 14 to 21.

[Use of endotracheobronchial surgery in conjunction with radiochemotherapy for advanced non-small lung cancer].

The paper deals with data on 191 endotracheobronchial surgeries (ETBS) in 153 patients with advanced non-small lung cancer involving breath obstruction (stage IIb--13.7%, III--71.9%, IV--14.