[The comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of patients with bronchitis deformans]

A total of 1067 patients aged from 15 to 82 years who suffered from deforming bronchitis were examined. All the patients underwent X-ray examination, forced external respiration test, bronchofibroscopy with biopsy and radionuclide study of the lungs whose results were the basis for establishing a diagnosis of deforming bronchitis with an accuracy of 99.8%. Therapeutical bronchoscopies made in patients with deforming bronchitis were an effective therapeutical tool in 96.9-98.1% of cases.