[Rationale for the tactics and a scale of surgical intervention for bilateral pulmonary hydatid disease]. / Obosnovanie taktiki i ob"ema khirurgicheskogo vmeshatel'stva pri dvukhstoronnem ékhinokokkoze legkikh.

The authors of this study have examined some experience gained in surgically treating 151 patients with bilateral pulmonary hydatid disease in 1991 to 2001, i.e. over 11 years. The examinees were divided into 7 groups. A hundred and forty patients underwent 205 surgical interventions. With this, organ-preserving operations and resections were made in 198 and 7 cases, respectively. Postoperative complications were observed in 12 cases. There were 3 fatal cases in the postoperative period.

[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of bilateral pulmonary echinococcosis]. / Diagnostika i khirurgicheskoe lechenie dvustoronnego ékhinokokkoza legkikh.

Results of diagnosis and treatment of 205 patients with bilateral pulmonary echinococcosis were analyzed. 141 patients underwent two-sided surgeries: 77--staged operations with interval from 2 weeks to 3 months, 64--one-stage operations on both lungs. One-stage operations through thoracotomies were performed in 49 patients, through medial sternotomy--in 15. Mean hospital stay was 20 bed-days. Long-term results from 6 weeks to 15 years were studied in 60 patients. Stable curative effect was achieved in all the patients.

[Reserves of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange in patients with pulmonary echinococcosis]. / Rezervy legochnoi ventiliatsii i gazoobmena u bol'nykh ékhinokokkozom legkikh.

An examination of 33 patients has shown that complicated course of Echinococcosis of the lungs and their multiple lesions results in certain exhaustion of reserves of the external ventilation system. A conclusion is made on preference of performing organ-preserving and organ-sparing operations, on necessity of dispensary observations and physical rehabilitation of patients operated upon for complicated forms and multiple lesions of the lungs.

[Surgical treatment of multiple pulmonary echinoccocosis]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie mnozhestvennogo ekhinokokkoza, legkikh.

Clinical observations concerning the surgical treatment of multiple pulmonary echinococcosis in 54 patients are set forth in the paper. Various surgical interventions were carried out upon 46 patients: 16--for unilateral multiple echinicoccosis, 30--for bilateral multiple echinococcosis; in 8 patients pulmonary echinococcosis was combined with liver injury. From the authors' experience the surgical treatment of multiple pulmonary echinococcosis is an effective method. Good clinico-roentgenologic results were found in 44 out of 46 patients operated upon. 2 patients died from cardio-pulmonary insufficiency in the early postoperative period.