title: [Treatment of middle-lobe syndrome].
abstract: Results of treatment of 242 patients with middle-lobe syndrome are analyzed. Indications for surgical treatment of middle-lobe syndrome must be determined very individually. Organo-saving surgeries are the methods of choice for benign processes in the middle lobe. In malignant tumors, destructive and cirrhotic processes of the middle lobe the resections are indicated.
authors.forename: Kh A
authors.initials: KhA
authors.lastname: Akilov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ismailov
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Madatov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome