Use of single-cannula venous-venous extracorporeal life support in the management of life-threatening airway obstruction.
The use of venous-venous extracorporeal life support (VV ECLS) for the endoscopic management of airway obstruction has been rarely reported. In most instances, ECLS has been used in the setting of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in which venoarterial ECLS was initiated as part of resuscitation. We report a patient with a bulky primary tumor of the tracheal carina presenting with airway obstruction who was managed with intraoperative single-cannula VV ECLS to facilitate endoscopic interventions leading to more definitive airway security.
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael
M
Ko
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pedro R
PR
dos Santos
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tiago N
TN
Machuca
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Katherine
K
Marseu
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Thomas K
TK
Waddell
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shaf
S
Keshavjee
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: marcelo.cypel@uhn.ca.
Marcelo
M
Cypel
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans