[Surgical approach for destructive pneumonia associated with COVID-19].

There were over 400 million people with COVID-19 pneumonia worldwide and over 12 million in the Russian Federation after 2020. Complicated course of pneumonia with abscesses and gangrene of lungs was observed in 4% of cases. Mortality ranges from 8 to 30%.

[Correction of pectus excavatum and long-term outcome in adult].

is the most common congenital chest malformation characterized by symmetrical or asymmetric depression of the chest with deformation of the sternocostal complex. is often associated with other dysplastic diseases of connective tissue. Ravitch thoracoplasty and Nuss minimally invasive correction are the most common today.

[VATS resection of basal pyramid segments in sequestration of the left lower lobe].

Lung sequestration is a congenital malformation represented by a non-functioning pulmonary parenchyma supplied via an aberrant artery of systemic circulation. This malformation makes up 1-6% of all congenital lung abnormalities. In 1946, Pryce M.

[Intercostal nerve cryoablation in correction of pectus excavatum in adults].

Objective: To evaluate an effectiveness of cryoanalgesia in older patients with pectus excavatum and to determine feasibility of further research.

Material And Methods: We have developed an original technique of intercostal nerve cryoablation for correction of pectus excavatum in adults. The results of intercostal nerve cryoablation during correction of pectus excavatum in 10 older patients were analyzed.

[Combined thoracoplasty using titanium mesh implant in patients with total sternal instability following postoperative sternomediastinitis].

Objective: To analyze the results of chest wall reconstruction with titanium mesh implant in patients with total sternal instability following postoperative sternomediastinitis.

Material And Methods: There were 100 patients with total sternal instability for the period from January 2016 to December 2018. Median of age was 62 (58; 68) years.