[Treatment of the residual cavity after partial pneumonectomy in tuberculosis]. / O lechenii ostatochnoi polosti posle chastichnoi rezektsii legkogo pri tuberkuleze.

Effectiveness of treatment of the residual pleural cavity after partial resection of the lungs was studied in 142 patients. Complex therapeutic treatment (trans-thoracic++ puncture therapy, filling with autologous blood ) and reoperations facilitated clinical healing of 127 patients (89.5%). Satisfactory results were stated in 7 patients (4.9%). Unsatisfactory results due to progressing tuberculosis process were observed in 3 patients (2.1). Five patients died (3.5%).