[Reconstructive surgeries of lung cancer]

The proportion of reconstructive operations on the bronchi and tracheal bifurcation at the current level of the development of surgery for lung carcinoma is sufficiently high. Among 2,075 lung resections performed at our clinic reconstructive operations were carried out in 31.6% of cases. The success of reconstructive surgery in lung carcinoma is determined to a great measure by the correct choice of the indications for this type of surgical treatment, preoperative management, the level of surgical techniques and anesthesiological service, and postoperative management of the patients. Five-year survival depending on the stage and method of treatment after lob-, bilobectomy with resection and plastics of the bronchi and tracheal bifurcation was 28.3-67.4%, and after pneumonectomy with resection of the bifurcation of the trachea it ranger from 16.2 to 43.3%.