Post-pneumonectomy video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy using extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.
We describe a case of a patient who, 14 years after a pneumonectomy, required surgery for a life-threatening air-leak following accidental intubation of an emphysematous bulla in his remaining lung. To facilitate treatment by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation was employed.
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK.
Peek
G J
GJ
Firmin
R K
RK
Waller
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D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed