[Surgical treatment of tracheal diseases]

The authors discuss different variants of resection of the trachea and adjacent organs in relation to the localization and character of the disease, the variants being used in 212 patients. Special attention is given to problems of plastic repair of the trachea defects after resection. Under analysis are specific features of the combined treatment of malignant tumors of the trachea, surgical treatment of trachea-pleural and trachea-esophageal fistulas. Complications took place in 26.4%, postoperative lethality was 10.5%.