[Indications and results of surgical treatment of the post-tuberculosis syndrome]. / Indicatiile si rezultatele tratamentului chirurgical ín sindromul posttuberculos.

The post-tuberculous syndromes are more numerous and more severe following the present treatments with tuberculostatics, as compared with the past. Indications of the surgical treatment of these syndromes should be aimed at obtaining functional recovery, and they must be always adapted according to the patient's requirements. The results depend on the indications, on the technical performance, on the post-operative treatment (medical physical exercises, etc.). In the surgical treatment of the present post-tuberculous syndrome there is a supplementary risk, as compared with the surgical treatment of the evolutive tuberculosis. Prophylaxis of the post-tuberculous syndrome can be achieved by a correct medical treatment. If this is not successful the surgical treatment will be applied at the optimal time.

[Surgical treatment of bronchial adenomas]. / Tratamentul chirurgical al adenoamelor bronsice.

The authors make an analysis of the experience acquired in the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery of Bucharest, based on interventions carried out in 42 cases of bronchial adenoma hospitalized between 1962 and 1976. The fact is stressed that in none of the 42 operated patients was the carcinoid syndrome encountered with any of its specific manifestations. Also on the basis of the experience obtained the bronchologic criteria for benignity of this type of tumour (absence of the infiltration in the mucosa, surrounding the tumour) is considered as non-significant because there are frequently areas of malignant transformation inside the tumour itself, or at its lower pole that cannot be explored by bronchoscopy. Surgical treatment of bronchial adenoma included a wide range of techniques, from simple lobectomies to bronchoanastomotic interventions, and resections of the trachea. The study of postoperative results showed a good prognosis and survivals of appreciable duration only when the intervention was carried out in the I-st and the II-nd stages of the disease. This also stresses the necessity for an early diagnosis and rapid surgery in these bronchial adenomatous tumours (most of which are of the carcinoid type).

[Bronchopulmonary carcinosarcomas. Therapeutic indications]. / Carcinosarcoamele bronhopulmonare. Indicatii de tratament.

The authors make an analysis of 11 cases of carcinosarcoma that have underwent surgery in the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery. The authors stress the rarity of these cases in their statistics. Only 11 carcinosarcomas have been identified out of a total of 2.500 cases of bronchopulmonary tumors operated in the Clinic. The difficulty of pre-operatory diagnosis is also stressed. Indications for surgical treatment are mandatory in all cases, even when the expected effects are palliative.