Bone wax cast to repair a cannula leakage during prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
During prolonged extracorporeal perfusion, thin-walled wire-wound cannulas have become the standard for low resistance cannula access for extrathoracic cannulation. We present an unusual technique of bone wax casting to repair a leak in a cannula to continue long-term extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Zwischenberger
Joseph B
JB
Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0528, USA. jzwische@utmb.edu
Girouard
Mark
M
Lynch
James E
JE
D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004868:Equipment Failure; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010168:Palmitates; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D014885:Waxes
D004338:Drug Combinations; D010168:Palmitates; D014885:Waxes; C055480:bone wax