ЛЕЧЕНИЕ ПАЦИЕНТОВ С ОПУХОЛЯМИ СРЕДОСТЕНИЯ

OBJECTIVE was to evaluate the immediate results of treatment of patients with mediastinal tumors. METHODS AND MATERIALS . We treated 240 patients (123 man, 117 woman) with mediastinal tumors. Age range were from 13 to 73 year old. The anterior mediastinum tumors were located in 201 cases, the posterior mediastinal tumors were located in 38 cases. All patients were operated. Video endoscopic technologies were used in 128 cases. RESULTS . Tumor removal was supplemented other operations in 20 cases. Using video thoracoscopic operations, we had six cases of conversion. One patient died during the initial anesthesia due to the increase in tumor compression of the mediastinal structures. There were post operation complications with 21 (8.75 %) patients. Fatal outcome in the early postoperative period was in 6 (2.5 %) patients. CONCLUSION . The tactics of treating patients with mediastinal tumors should be individual and depend on the results of the examination, the localization of the tumor and its connection with the surrounding structures.