[Circular resection of the trachea]

The results of treatment of 75 patients operated on for different diseases of the trachea are summarized. In 51 patients, a combined circular or figured defect of the larynx and trachea, in 12--defect of the cervicothoracic portion of the trachea, in 12--that of bifurcation of the trachea was reconstructed. Postoperative lethality was 4,2%. The death of the patients was caused by arrosive bleeding from the brachiocephalic trunk.