Intratracheal stent intubation under extracorporeal lung assist.
An artificial stent was intubated using extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) in two patients with inoperable tracheal stenosis. In a patient with an endotracheal tumor, an airway obstruction due to a partial stent collapse was overcome by an immediate ECLA perfusion. In another patient with chronic inflammatory tracheal stenosis, a repetitive balloon dilation of the trachea could be safely performed utilizing ECLA perfusion. Preventive femoral cannulation, employing the assistance of an ECLA circuit, is thus considered to be a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of inoperable tracheal stenosis.
Ishikawa
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Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshida
I
I
Otani
Y
Y
Ohtaki
A
A
Kawashima
O
O
Morishita
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome