[Transbronchial transthoracic sanation of chronic suppurative foci in the lungs].

Pleshakov V T, Kartavenko A I, Vorontsov S A, Shalaev S A, Kostin E D

Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1979 May;122(5):7-11.

A new method of bronchial sanitation consisting in conducting a polyurethane tube through the pulmonary tissue and thoracic wall outward under the bronchoscopy control is suggested. The method has been used successfully in 22 patients.