[Iatrogenic pneumothorax]. / Iatrogennyi pnevmotoraks.

The authors observed 32 cases of pneumothorax which developed as a result of doctors' manipulation: after pleural punction (10), hemosorption (5), acupuncture (4), puncture of vena subclavia (8), tracheostomy (2), manual therapy (2), installation of provisional artificial pacemaker (1). Diagnosis of complication was confirmed roentgenologically, nature of lung lesion was specified by thoracoscopy. Pleural punction (in 4 cases) and pleural drainage (in 28) were undertaken for the management of pneumothorax.

[Intravascular laser irradiation of the blood in the combined treatment of chronic suppurative lung diseases]. / Ispolzovanie vnutrisosudistogo lazernogo oblucheniia krovi v komplekse lecheniia khronicheskikh nagnoitelnykh zabolevanii lëgkikh.

Intravascular laser irradiation of the blood (ILIB) in the complex of preoperative preparation was employed in 53 patients with chronic pulmonary disease. After performance of 5 ILIB procedures in patients, more rapid normalization of the indices of morphologic composition of gases and acid-base state of the blood, immunologic status of the organism, functions of external respiration was noted as compared to a control group. The incidence of postoperative complications reduced by 4%, duration of hospital stay shortened by 8.1 days.

[Diagnosis and treatment of foreign bodies of the lungs and pleural cavity]. / Diagnostika i lechenie inorodnykh tel legkikh i plevral'noi polosti.

The foreign bodies of the lungs and pleural cavity were the cause of non-specific suppurative pulmonary diseases in 0.4% of the patients. They are conditioning pneumonia, blood spitting, pulmonary hemorrhage, circumscribed pleural empyema. The removal of foreign bodies is necessary, because the risk of their remaining is not justified.