[Postoperative complications of surgical and combined treatment of cancer of the lungs].

An analysis of postoperative complication in 1800 patients with lung carcinoma has shown their incidence to depend on the volume and character of surgery, preoperative radiotherapy and to fluctuate from 6.1 to 33.7%, making on the whole 21.2%. Broncho-pulmonary complications are most frequent (64.2%). Preoperative radiotherapy makes the amount of complications higher (from 19.2 to 28.9%) but does not influence the postoperative lethality which is 6.6% on the whole.