Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Gonzalo Pradas Montilla

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• Research Article
  Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Arrested Lung Ablative Radiation Therapy
  Author(s): Gonzalo Pradas Montilla, Victor M Muñoz-Garzón, Julio Vázquez Rodriguez, Jorge Pereira, Juan José Legarra, Rocío Casais, David Aramburu Núñez and Manuel Caeiro Muñoz Gonzalo Pradas Montilla, Victor M Muñoz-Garzón, Julio Vázquez Rodriguez, Jorge Pereira, Juan José Legarra, Rocío Casais, David Aramburu Núñez and Manuel Caeiro Muñoz
  
  Objectives: Due to breathing movements, radiotherapy of primary lung cancer requires sophisticated methods to ensure accuracy of the high-precision treatment applied. The aim of this study was to show the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ablative radiotherapy while the lung is totally arrested. Methods: A portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation device was employed on three separate days without mechanical ventilation to apply stereotactic hypofractionated radiotherapy in three fractions (18 Gy x 3 54 Gy total) to a 68 year old male with a primary tumor (T1N0M0) in the right upper lobe (of the remaining lung). Linear accelerator quality controls (matched isocenter-lasers), patient immobilization monitoring (stereotactic infrared system) and image controls (in cinema mode to observe movements) were made during treatment.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000501

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