[APPLICATION OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION WHILE PERFORMANCE OF VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC OPERATIONS FOR PULMONARY AND PLEURAL TUMORS].

In the clinic radio—frequency ablation (RFA) in videothoracoscopic operations (VTHO) was performed in 56 patients. Primary peripheral pulmonary cancer (PC) was revealed in 7 patients, metastatic pulmonary affection — in 12, pleural affection with exudate — in 37. Small—cell PC was diagnosed in 11 patients, a squamous—cell one — in 18, and glandular — in 27.

[Treatment of acute purulent mediastinitis].

Results of treatment of 37 patients with advanced purulent mediastinitis are presented. The cause of mediastinitis in 27 patients was perforation of the esophagus, in 10--purulent diseases of head and neck. Lethal outcome was in 9 (24.