[The function of the external respiration in patients with cancer of the esophagus before and after surgery]. / Funktsiia vneshnego dykhaniia u bol'nykh rakom pishchevoda do i posle operatsii.

Respiration was tested in 66 patients with middle (15) and lower (51) esophageal cancer. In 32 patients damages in respiration biomechanics before surgery have been observed. In 26 patients respiratory failure was associated with concomitant diseases (pneumosclerosis, lung emphysema, cardiovascular diseases, etc.). 28 patients developed postoperative complications, in 22 of them lungs were affected (pneumonia, tracheobronchitis, pleuritis, pleural emphysema). Those complications were more frequently encountered in patients with signs of respiratory failure before surgery (72.7% of cases). It has been shown that with PEF less than 65%, FVC less than 85%, MEF 75% less than 65%, MEF50% less than 70%, MMF less than 70% and MVV less than 65% of due values, the likelihood of pulmonary complications in the postoperative period is enhanced.

[Intensive therapy using antioxidants in patients with lung cancer and respiratory insufficiency]. / Intensivnaia terapiia s ispol'zovaniem antioksidantov u bol'nykh rakom legkogo s dykhatel'noi nedostatost'iu.

Positive changes of respiratory function parameters and oxidation-reduction processes observed in 55 patients with lung cancer and low functional respiratory reserve indicate the advisability of introducing antioxidants and antiaggregants (cytochrome C, aevitum, Trental, rheopolyglucin) into complex intensive preoperative correcting therapy for the expansion of indications for surgery and attenuation of the operative risk.

[The significance of respiration disorders in the development of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with cancer of the stomach]. / Znachenie narushenii vneshnego dykhaniia v razvitii posleoperatsionnykh legochnykh oslozhnenii u bol'nykh rakom zheludka.

Complex postoperative examination of the respiratory system in patients with gastric cancer made it possible to compare the results of respiratory function and pulmonary mechanics testing with the course of the postoperative period. The effect of bronchopulmonary system function on the onset of postoperative respiratory complications has been established.