LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF RARE MALFORMATIONS OF THE LUNGS

The author has analyzed long-term results of surgical treatment of 112 of 128 patients operated upon for malformations of the lungs. The terms of observations were from 1 year to 15 years, 70,5 % of the patients being examined within 3-5 years after operation. Good results were noted in 94,6 % of the patients examined. Non-complete disappearance of symptoms of the disease in 5,4 % of the patients was due to the insufficiently exact determination of the character and spread of the involvement of the lungs before operation, palliative operations and widening the indications for surgical treatment to patients having severe coexistent diseases.