title: Puncture and wiring of extracorporeal circuit for cannula safe removal or exchange.
abstract: A previously undescribed technique for removing a cannula used in extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is proposed, using an over-the-wire technique by puncturing the circuit and continuing with a pre-close technique for access site closure.
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kovárník
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Aleš
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linhart
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic jan.belohlavek@vfn.cz.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bělohlávek
mesh_terms: D000072601:Cannula / Q000009:adverse effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: cannula; exchange; extracorporeal life support; pre-close technique; removal