Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Rocío Casais
Spain
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