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Case Reports
Respiratory support with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during stenting of tracheobronchomalacia.
- Timothy J George, Karly P Knudsen, Neel R Sodha, Claude A Beaty, David Feller-Kopman, Ashish S Shah, and Lonny Yarmus.
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2012 Nov 1; 94 (5): 1736-7.
AbstractA subset of patients with severe airway disease cannot be adequately supported with conventional mechanical ventilation during complex airway procedures. We report the successful respiratory support of a patient with severe tracheobronchomalacia with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during rigid bronchoscopy with stent removal and stent placement.Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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