[Disability of patients with lung cancer after surgical treatment]

Invalidity of 149 patients subjected to surgical treatment of lung cancer was studied. More than half of all the patients and 84.1% of those directed to the commission were pronounced invalids of the I or II groups. Only 40.0% of the invalids had positive dynamics of invalidity. Stability of invalidity was due to coming the pension age, an anatomical defect arising after pneumonectomy and the presence of a severe concomitant pathology. One of the methods to reduce invalidity in patients with lung cancer after a radical treatment in the presence of indications is thought to be prolongation of temporary disablement during the first examination of the commission.