[Effectiveness of different methods in the treatment of the main bronchus after pneumonectomy]

Incompetence of the main bronchus within the first 3 postoperative weeks (early incompetence) is proposed as a criterion of efficacy of the main bronchus closure in pneumonectomy. The authors have performed 495 pneumo- and pleuropneumonectomies according to 5 original techniques. No cases of the main bronchus incompetence were registered. Indications to each of the bronchus treatment techniques are detailed.