Abstract

SAA VIDAL, Raúl et al. Organización y resultados de la cirugía torácica en el Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente "Comandante Manuel Fajardo. Rev Cubana cir [online]. 1999, vol.38, n.1, pp. 36-40. ISSN 1561-2945.

A study of 191 patients who underwent some surgical procedure due to thoracic affections at the "Comandante Manuel Fajardo" Clinical and Teaching Hospital from January, 1995. To December, 1997, was conducted. This accounted for 3.2 % of major operations. 8.79 % of the patients were males. There was a relation of 5:1 with females. The pneumothorax, lung and esophagus cancer, cardia and pleuropulmonary suppurations were the most frequent affections. Malignant diseases were present in 27.2 % of the patients that were operated on. There was a general surgical mortality of 3.6 %. The cardiovascular complications predominated as a cause of death. It was observed a twofold increase of surgical procedures of the thorax since the multidisciplinary group was organized

Keywords : THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGERY [mortality].

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