HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTIVE AND REGENERATIVE SURGERY OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT
Key results in the reconstructive and regenerative surgery of the lower respiratory tract are considered. Significant Russian and international scientists and their experimental results in formation of the regenerative surgery of the respiratory tract are presented. The emphasis is on attempts of substitution of long laryngeal, tracheal, and bronchial defects. Promising treatment methods based on insertion of cellular-engineering constructions are described. The reasonability of application of stem cells in creation of scaffolds is justified. Advantages of particular techniques and complications, which require the further improvement of the techniques, are considered.