呼吸功能衰竭是开胸手术后发生的严重并发症之一，病死率较高。我科1987年1月～1994年12月对16例开胸术后呼吸衰竭病人行呼吸机治疗。报道如下。1临床资料本组16例，男14例，女2例；年龄24～75岁，平均59岁。肺癌8例，食管癌7例，气管肿瘤1例。术前存在不同程度的通气功能障碍9 Respiratory failure is one of the serious complications that occur after thoracotomy and has a high case fatality rate. From January 1987 to December 1994, 16 patients with respiratory failure after thoracotomy were treated with ventilator in our department. Reported as follows. 1 Clinical data The group of 16 patients, 14 males and 2 females; aged 24 to 75 years, mean 59 years. 8 cases of lung cancer, 7 cases of esophageal cancer, 1 case of tracheal tumor. Preoperative presence of varying degrees of ventilatory dysfunction 9