[The experience of applying of exogenous monoxide of nitrogen and argon plasma coagulation by cavernotomy in patients with fibro-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis with the presence of multiple drug resistance].

The presented paper discusses the experience with exogenous nitric oxide (NO) and argon plasma coagulation (APC) used at cavernotomy in 31 patients with multidrug-resistant fibrocavernous pulmonary tuberculosis. Supplementary treatments depending in infectious risk factors were comprehensively evaluated. The application of APC and NO significantly improved the results of open cavern sanitation, as evidenced by the bacterial excretion index, and doubled the immediate efficiency of surgical treatment.

[The diagnosis and treatment of acute pulmonary circulatory disorders after resection for tuberculosis].

The authors analyzed postoperative complications after 4174 pulmonectomies for tuberculosis in the period of 1982-2004. The verified cases of acute venous circulatory disorders in the remnants of the lung after partial resections were observed in 12 (0.3%) patients. The main causes of hemorrhagic infarct of the part of the lung were erroneous ligation of the vein or its rupture; thrombosis of the venous trunk; partial removal of a pulmonary portion with devascularized tissue left; extensive intrapulmonary hematomas. In case of acute circulatory disorder developed in the resected lung, mortality may amount to as high as 58% due to secondary complications (sepsis in the presence of generalized gangrene and lung tissue decay, purulent pleurisy with bronchopleurothoracic fistulas, arrosion profuse hemorrhage). The above complication is a rare, but extremely severe iatrogenic abnormality largely associated with shortcomings of surgical techniques.