[Experience of application of pulmonectomy and pleuropulmonectomy for multiresistant destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].

The results of performance of pulmonectomy and pleuropulmonectomy in 89 patients, suffering multiresistant destructive pulmonary tuberculosis, were analyzed. Intraoperational methods of the bronchial stump buttressing using polymeric material and pericardial fat tissue on vascular pedicle, the methods of postoperative complications prophylaxis, the postoperative course peculiarities were elaborated and studied. General efficacy of operation while application of the methods proposed have had constituted 86.5% in the terms of observation up to 6 yrs.