Veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation in complex tracheobronchial resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elective extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is rarely used in thoracic surgery, apart from lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to summarize our institutional experience with the intraoperative use of veno-venous (VV) ECMO in selected cases of main airway surgery.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the data of 10 patients who underwent main airway surgery with the support of VV-ECMO between June 2013 and August 2022.

Results

Surgical procedures included: three carinal resection and reconstruction with complete preservation of the lung parenchyma, one right upper double-sleeve lobectomy and hemi-carinal resection, and one sleeve resection of the left main bronchus after previous right lower bilobectomy, for thoracic malignancies; fou

SUBMITTER: Voltolini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944720 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature