[Immediate results of segmental pneumonectomy in bronchiectasis]

An analysis of case histories of 225 patients with bronchiectasis subjected to lung resections of various volume has shown high efficiency of isolated and associated resection of the basal pyramid with an intact apical segment. The apical segment remaining intact gives positive effects on the rearrangement of the architectonics of the bronchial tree preventing a considerable displacement of the remaining bronchi. The postoperative period in the patients who had an additional treatment of the wound surface of the sixth segment was more favorable as compared with the patients with open wounds.