[Surgical treatment of patients with lung cancer involving mediastinum organs with massive invasion in the thoracic aorta by using the extracorporeal circulation].

The patients (11 cases) with massive invasion in the thoracic aorta have been operated in the period from 2002 till 2010. The tumor of left lung was diagnosed in 9 cases and tumor of the mediastinum--in 2 cases. Prosthetics of the arch of aorta was performed under condition of artificial circulation in 6 cases.

[Surgical methods on the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases and intrathoracic adenopathies].

The efficiency of surgical methods for diagnosis of unclear cases of pulmonary interstitial diseases and intrathoracic adenopathies in 136 patients over 5.5 years was analyzed. A high percentage (45.