title: Intratracheal stent intubation under extracorporeal lung assist.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: 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