title: [Atelectasis after segmental resection of the lungs in patients with tuberculosis].
abstract: Study of 219 tuberculosis patients who underwent segmental resections showed that the rate of atelectasis development constituted 16.4%. In the right-sided operations atelectases developed 3 times more frequently than those in the left-sided ones (27.5 and 7.5%, respectively) and were mainly segmental (atelectasis of the anterior segment after excision of the ++apico-posterior segment), while in the left-sided intervention they were total in the majority of patients. The character of atelectasis in the right- and left-sided operations was determined by specific features of bronchial structure of the right and left lungs. As a result of therapeutic measures all total atelectases were relieved within 3-5 days, while segmental atelectases persisted for a long time; in 6 patients they still remained by the time of discharge.
authors: V N
authors: VN
authors: Vasil'ev
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Kalechenkov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Atelektazy legkikh posle segmentarnykh rezektsiĭ u bol'nykh tuberkulezom.