[Postpneumonectomy fistula: risk factors and treatment policy]

Causes of development of bronchial fistulas have been studied together with the policy of treating thereof in 47 patients with prior pneumonectomy for lung cancer, tuberculosis and chronic nonspecific lung diseases. It has been ascertained that the principal risk factors for the inadequacy of the bronchus stump are localization of the process, general well-being of the patient technical errors. Differentiated surgical treatment options permitted achieving a clinical effect in 63.8 percent of patients.