Antibiotic prophylaxis of postoperative complications in surgical treatment of pulmonary, tracheal and mediastinal tumors]

A protocol of antibiotic protection, developed and used at Russian Research Center of Roentgenoradiology, is presented. This protocol of perioperative treatment is intended for control of a spectrum of bacterial infections retrospectively detected in patients with lung, tracheal, and mediastinal cancer. The efficiency of perioperative antibiotic prevention is demonstrated as exemplified by 105 patients of different age with various concomitant diseases.