[Thoracic endometriosis and catamenial pneumothorax].

It was analyzed own experience of diagnosis and treatment of catamenial (menstrual) pneumothorax and thoracic endometriosis and literature review. It is shown that catamenial pneumothorax has specific clinical and instrumental signs allowing to establish the diagnosis before surgery. It was proposed surgical treatment including the removal of trans diaphragmatic way of pneumothorax development, removal of thoracic endometriosis and the establishment of reliable pleurodesis.

[Videothoracoscopic treatment of postoperative bleedings and its' complications by thoracic traumas].

35 patients, operated on the thoracic trauma (ISS - 9±3), had videothoracoscopy on the reason of the continued bleeding (n=6), clotted hemothorax (n=27) or pleura empyem (n=2). The best results were obtained in case of the clotted hemothorax thoracoscopic evacuation within 3 days after bleeding. Even the late use of videothoracoscopic procedures for the treatment of postoperative complications shortens the hospital stay in comparison with the traditional methods.

[The surgical treatment of the pleural empyem].

The treatment results of the 286 patients with pleural empyem after thoracic injuries (n=107) and closed trauma of the pleural cavity (n=179) were retrospectively analyzed. The frequency of pleural empyem was 1.39% by injuries and 1.

[Thoracic ultrasound in penetrating chest trauma: the tactics management].

The thoracic ultrasound for the detection of hemothorax and hemopericardium was performed in 655 patients with penetrating thoracic trauma. Ultrasound findings were compared with the results of surgical exploration. Sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound in detection of hemothorax was 72.