title: [Initial experience of thoracic surgery in Klaipeda regional Hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Study and profound analysis of primary clinical results of the recently established department of Thoracic surgery. Klaipeda Regional Hospital currently functions as a multiprofile facility and covers Western area of Lithuania. More than 274 patients were cured here within the past 8 months. Majority of patients, i.e. 205 (74.82%) were operated; 26 (12.68%) of them underwent surgery urgently and 179 (87.32%) - on planned basis. A large scale of different interventions was performed: 156 (76.1%) - complex operations of lungs, pleura, esophagus, mediastinum and others. All the rest - 49 (23.9%) - operations with minimally invasive procedures, i.e. thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy, tracheostomy, esophagus stenting etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary experience of thoracic surgery in Klaipeda regional hospital has good basis for the future development of this activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Klaipeda regional Hospital, Liepojos 15, 5809 Klaipeda, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Aleksandras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagajevas
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors