[Initial experience of thoracic surgery in Klaipeda regional Hospital]

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.

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