[Optimization of the preoperative preparation of patients with chronic suppurative lung diseases].

Complex preoperative preparation of 87 patients with chronic suppurative diseases of the lungs included sanitation of the tracheobronchial tree by means of bronchoscopies (in 45 patients) and method of continuous nasobronchial catheterization (42 patients). The use of the latter resulted in rapid arrest of inflammatory alterations in the bronchial tree, effective sanitation of the suppuration focus, shorter period of preoperative preparation and less amount of postoperative complications.