[Atelectasis after segmental resection of the lungs in patients with tuberculosis].

Study of 219 tuberculosis patients who underwent segmental resections showed that the rate of atelectasis development constituted 16.4%. In the right-sided operations atelectases developed 3 times more frequently than those in the left-sided ones (27.

[Complications after resection of the apical and posterior lung segments in pulmonary tuberculosis].

The frequency of complications in the early postoperative period after resection of the upper and posterior lung segments was investigated in 153 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. When the operation was performed on the right lung the complications were twice as frequent as in the patients operated on the left lung (65.1 per cent against 33.

[Immediate and long-term results of pulmonary resection in bronchiectasis].

Under analysis were the nearest results of resection of the lungs for bronchoectasias in 360 patients aged from 5 to 68. Favorable nearest results were noted in 96.4% of the patients operated upon, with no lethal outcomes.