[The role of resection surgical techniques in complex treatment of multi-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis].

A total of 16 patients with pulmonary resections for MDR-TB are included in a retrospective study for a period of 7 years. They are 9 (63.4%) male and 7 (36.

[Anatomical pulmonary resections via median sternotomy].

During a 10-year period a total of 5 anatomical pulmonary resections (2 lobectomies, 2 pneumonectomies with mediastinal tumor extirpation and 1 polysegmental resection-S1-3) were carried out in 4 patients via median sternotomy. They were operated on for bilateral complicated pulmonary hydatidosis (2), mediastinal teratocarcinoma with right lung invasion and mediastinal Hodgkin's disease after chemotherapy failure. The mean operative time was 161 minutes, and the mean in-hospital stay was 12.

[Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases--surgical methods, early and long-term results].

Aim: To retrospectively evaluate the postoperative results after surgery for lung metastases from extrapulmonary origin.

Methods: A total of 45 patients were operated on for lung metastases between Jan 1996 and Dec 2006. They were 22 (48.

[Surgical treatment of chronic pleural empyema--seven years' experience].

During a 7 years period a total of 112 patients with chronic pleural empyema were operated on. There were 92 male and 20 female with mean age of 48.4 years.

[Indications for the surgical treatment in bronchiectasis and postoperative results].

During Jan. 1990 and Dec. 2002 a total of 14 patients with bronchiectasis were operated on.