Central airways stenoses management--a single institution experience.

Tracheal stenosis is a serious, life-threatening disease with an increasing tendency. The number of complicated tracheal lesions, where resection and anastomosis can not be performed, still increases and the situation requires solution by endoprosthesis. Consequent the management of such complicated obstructive tracheal lesions is individual and time-consuming.

Role of endotracheal stenting in tracheal reconstruction surgery-retrospective analysis.

Objective: To review a single institution experience with tracheal stenosis treatment and to define a role of endotracheal stenting in tracheal reconstruction surgery.

Patients And Methods: In the period between January 1991 and January 2003, 163 patients underwent tracheal reconstruction. There were 114 males and 49 females in age range from 0.

Complications of video-mediastinoscopy--successful management in four cases.

The authors describe complications of video-mediastinoscopy in a number of clinical cases and present case reports of four patients, where this complication occurred. The following types of complications were recorded: one case of esophageal perforation, one case of tracheal lesion and two cases of massive bleeding from central greater vessel. Possibilities of treatment methods of these complications, possible ways how to manage and decrease the incidence of life-threatening complication are being discussed in this paper.

Initial experience with lung transplantation in Slovakia--an example for successful bilateral cooperation between countries.

Objective: To review initial experiences, results of single lung transplantation (SLT) and double lung transplantation (DLT) on the basis of bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and Austria.

Patients And Methods: During the period between July 1998 and January 2003 ten patients from Slovakia underwent lung transplantation in Vienna, Austria. There were 7 males and 3 females with an age range from 21 to 48 years.

Prostacyclins in pulmonary hypertension treatment.

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, treacherous disease affecting the lungs and heart. Elevated pulmonary artery pressure (above 2.67 kPa) and pathologically high pulmonary vascular resistance are characteristic for this disease.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation.

Lung transplantation has become an accepted surgical modality. As the primary pulmonary graft failure accounts for almost one third of early deaths, new possibilities to positively influence this life-threatening complication had been searched for. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) offers an unique advantage of overcome the demanding peri- and postoperative period.