RESUMO
Three hundred and seventy patients operated on at the Institute Surgical Clinic underwent 638 surgical interventions: 356 and 282 in Groups 1 and 2 patients, respectively. Intraoperative complications occurred in 24 (3.8%) cases, in 6.5% of the patients operated on. Twenty-two complications were successfully eliminated, 2 patients died. Postoperative complications were established in 25 (14.8%) of the 169 patients of Group 1 and in 12 (6.0%) of the 201 patients of Group 2. The incidence of complications largely depended on the type of an operation. Complications were observed in 8 (36.4%) of the 22 patients undergone pulmonectomy. The active phase of a specific process as a surgical risk factor is prime consideration. In patients operated for emergency indications in the phase of an non-arrested exacerbation of tuberculosis, pleuropulmonary complications occur 2.5 times as frequently as those in patients with relative process stabilization.