[Diagnostic and curative bronchoscopy for purulent-destructive pulmonary diseases]. / Diagnosticheskaia i lechebnaia bronkhoskopiia u patsientov s gnoino-destruktivnymi zabolevaniiami legkikh.

AIM: To assess an efficacy of diagnostic and curative bronchoscopy in patients with purulent-destructive pulmonary diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Diagnosis and treatment of 34 patients with purulent-destructive pulmonary diseases including small-focal destruction (14) and lung abscesses (19) were analyzed. 33 patients underwent diagnostic fibrobronchoscopy (FBS) with brush and transbronchial biopsy. Curative endoscopy included bronchial tree sanation, peribronchial administration of antibiotics (5) and transbronchial drainage of abscess (14). RESULTS: Atrophic bronchitis and cicatricial deformity of the 2-3rd segmental bronchi were revealed in 81.8% and 15.2% respectively. Transbronchial biopsy confirmed malignant neoplasms (15.2%) and pulmonary tuberculosis (6.1%). Peribronchial administration of amikacin in patients with small-focal pulmonary destruction and transbronchial drainage of abscesses accelerated pulmonary tissue repair and complete recovery. CONCLUSION: Transbronchial biopsy in patients with destructive pulmonary diseases verifies pathological process and excludes malignant and specific pulmonary damage. Complex use of endoscopic methods is associated with positive clinical result in all patients with pulmonary destruction.

[Surgical and combined correction of tracheal and laryngotracheal cicatricial stenosis and restenosis]. / Lechenie trakheal'nykh i laringotrakheal'nykh rubtsovykh stenozov i restenozov.

AIM: To improve treatment of patients with cicatricial tracheal stenosis using different methods of recanalization and circular resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis involved 57 patients with cicatricial tracheal stenosis including 2 post-traumatic cases, 27 post-intubation cases, 25 cases after tracheostomy and 3 restenoses after previous circular resection. There were 5 cases of tracheal stenosis combined with tracheoesophageal fistula, 1 patient with chest nodular goiter, 8 cases of unclosed tracheostomy and 3 patients with long-existing laryngotracheal fissure. There were 25 women and 32 men aged 15-65 years. Stenosis length ranged from 3.0 to 4.5 cm in 66.6% of patients. There were 13 (22.8%) patients with subcompensated stenosis (d=0.5-0.7 cm) and 44 (77.2%) cases of decompensated stenosis (d<0.5 cm) combined with suppurative tracheobronchitis that required endosurgical recanalization with stenting or balloon dilatation. 45 patients underwent upper tracheal third resection, 9 - middle third resection, 3 - upper third and cricoid cartilage resection. Length of excised segment was 2.5-9.5 cm. Simultaneous suturing of esophageal anterior wall defect was performed in 5 cases. RESULTS: Complete recovery of tracheal lumen was achieved in 54 patients (93%). Restenosis occurred in 4 (7%) cases (3 of them underwent repeated resection with good results and 1 - stenting). CONCLUSION: Circular resection is optimal treatment of cicatricial tracheal stenosis. Endosurgical recanalization is preparatory method prior to radical surgery.