[Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the conditions of a new coronavirus infection pandemic (COVID-19)]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie nemelkokletochnogo raka legkogo v usloviyakh pandemii novoi koronavirusnoi infektsii (COVID-19).

ABSTRACT

Available data indicate a worse prognosis in cancer patients with COVID-19. Surgical treatment of lung cancer in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges to ensure the perioperative safety of patients. OBJECTIVE: To prevent infection of patients in the perioperative period and, in case of infection, to prevent the severe course of COVID-19. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic within two months (March-April 2020) 138 patients underwent surgical treatment for malignant tumors, including 22 videothoracoscopic operations 3 (13.6%) segmentectomies, 16 (72.7%) lobectomies, and 5 (22.7%) bilobectomies for non-small cell lung cancer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Following the principles that ensure the prevention of infection and the prevention of severe COVID-19, we managed to avoid the first stage of the pandemic (March-April 2020) cases of infection with a new coronavirus infection in patients who underwent surgical treatment for lung cancer.