Postoperative period of previously irradiated lung cancer patients

The postoperative period of patients with lung cancer was studied comparatively. Preoperative use of radiotherapy influences but insignificantly the postoperative period. As a whole, the incidence of postoperative complications and mortality does not differ considerably from that of patients not irradiated with a betatron. The state of blood coagulation was studied prior to surgery in 34 patients previously irradiated on a betatron. Following the irradiation some changes indicative of hypocoagulation were revealed. In the early postoperative period (2d - 10th postoperative day) a marked increase in the fibrinogen ''A'' content is observed