Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Mata MT

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• Case Report
  Use of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Anticipate Difficult One Lung Ventilation in Thoracic surgery
  Author(s): Perdomo JM, Gomar C, Navarro R, Mata MT and Gimferrer J Perdomo JM, Gomar C, Navarro R, Mata MT and Gimferrer J
  
  Thoracic surgery may create clinical scenarios where the maintenance of a correct oxygenation and ventilation may be challenging and could lead to incomplete surgery despite cardiovascular stability. Recently, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) has emerged as an alternative to manage these situations when neither one lung ventilation (OLV) nor other ventilation and oxygenation techniques are feasible or sufficient due to associated lung disease or difficult airway. Here, we report the use of V-V ECMO support in two cases of thoracic surgery in which difficult OLV was anticipated. From the experience gathered in these two cases, we recommend to consider the use of V-V ECMO in selected patients with compromised airway or significant disease of the contralateral surgical hemithorax where conventional options cannot g.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000505

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