[Surgery of primary tracheal tumors].

Objective: To determine the main forms of primary tracheal cancer (PTC), to specify the indications for various surgeries in these patients depending on extent and localization of lesion.

Material And Methods: There were 263 PTC patients. Benign tumors were diagnosed in 68 (25.

[Postoperative drainage of the pleural cavity with aspiration of the contents by high-tech mobile devices].

Unlabelled: Postoperative drainage of pleural cavity is currently a common component of treatment of patients with surgical diseases of thoracic organs. Peculiarities of suctioning (aspiration parameters, passive drainage or active aspiration, the degree of discharge in the device-pleural cavity system, as well as the possibility of early patient activation, no need to «attach» him to the electric stationary suction) remain topical and continue to be discussed. New devices - aspirators, including mobile ones with digital control and rarefaction control component, appear in the market.

[Surgical treatment of giant thymoma complicated by intrathoracic compression syndrome].

The problem of giant chest tumors is still actual despite the progress in diagnostics of intrathoracic cancer. Surgical treatment of giant tumors should always be considered as a part of combined antitumor treatment. Large tumor is not a contraindication for surgery per se.

[Giant posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia in 17 years after rupture of the diaphragm].

Blunt chest trauma followed by diaphragm rupture is a severe injury requiring surgical correction both in acute and long-term periods. Posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia is dangerous by infringement of dislocated organs. Thanks to adaptive mechanisms of the organism, patients with non-functioning half of the diaphragm have a good quality of life for a long time.