[Lung resections by a modified method of separate treatment of the root elements]

The article describes results of experimental and clinical studies of using a modified method of lung resection by suturing the bronchus stump in the connective tissue envelope. It was shown that suturing the bronchus stump in the connective tissue envelope gives better blood supply from the very first days after operation than does the method of the bronchus suture after its isolation from the pulmonary root fat. In the clinical observations (109 resections of the lung) no primary incompetence of the bronchus stump was observed. Bronchus fistulas were found in 3,7%. Lethality was reduced from 6,3 to 2,7%.