[Postoperative gastrointestinal hemorrhages after pulmonary resections (author's transly]

Postoperative gastrointestinal hemorrhages are a infrequent complication of pulmonary resections. Nevertheless they are threatening seriously patient's life because a critical illness as gastrointestinal hemorrhage in such casses hit patients whose vital functions are compromised from recent thoracic surgery. The pathogenetic questions, as well critical problems of diagnosis and treatment, are discussed on the basis of three observed cases.