The article presents an initial Russian experience of videothoracoscopic
bronchoplastic lobectomies performed in 2 clinical
cases of centric lung tumors. The upper bronchoplastic lobectomies
with right lymphodissection were carried out on two
patients in 2012. Complications weren’t observed in intraoperative
and postoperative periods. There wasn’t relapse during two
years after operation. Thus, the authors came to conclusion that
thoracoscopic bronchoplastic lobectomies turned out to be safe
and effective interventions in individual patients with centric
tumor location, which wasn’t extended outside mouth of the
lobar bronchus. The choice of candidates for thoracoscopic bronchoplasty
was made using video-bronchoscopy, angio-computer
tomography of the thorax and PET. This allowed avoiding an
invasive staging and excluded patients with substantial extrabronchial
lesions.