[Initial experience of thoracic surgery in Klaipeda regional Hospital].

Objectives: Study and profound analysis of primary clinical results of the recently established department of Thoracic surgery. Klaipeda Regional Hospital currently functions as a multiprofile facility and covers Western area of Lithuania. More than 274 patients were cured here within the past 8 months. Majority of patients, i.e. 205 (74.82%) were operated; 26 (12.68%) of them underwent surgery urgently and 179 (87.32%) - on planned basis. A large scale of different interventions was performed: 156 (76.1%) - complex operations of lungs, pleura, esophagus, mediastinum and others. All the rest - 49 (23.9%) - operations with minimally invasive procedures, i.e. thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy, tracheostomy, esophagus stenting etc.

Conclusions: Primary experience of thoracic surgery in Klaipeda regional hospital has good basis for the future development of this activity.