[Surgical treatment of developmental defects of the lungs]

Developmental defects of the broncho-pulmonary system made up 14,9% in relation to all the patients with chronic nonspecific diseases of the lungs. Operations were performed on 454 patients. Among them 327 patients had different kinds of hypoplasia, 45 patients had rare defects and 72 patients were with dysontogenetic malformations. Most patients with developmental defects of the lungs must be treated surgically.