Key result
V-V ECMO safely maintains arterial oxygen saturation without lung ventilation during severe tracheal stenosis treatment.
Why the study?
The safety and utility of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) for respiratory support during emergency treatment of severe tracheal stenosis were not well established.
Does V-V ECMO provide safe respiratory support during procedures in patients with severe tracheal stenosis?
Case Report (n=3)
No
Does V-V ECMO provide safe respiratory support during procedures in patients with severe tracheal stenosis?
V-V ECMO provides safe and effective respiratory support, allowing for apneic procedures in patients with severe tracheal stenosis.
V-V ECMO may enable apneic procedures in tracheal stenosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
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Yamaoka et al. (1998) conducted a case report in Severe tracheal stenosis (n=3). Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) was evaluated on Maintenance of oxygen saturation during lack of lung ventilation. V-V ECMO safely maintained arterial oxygen saturation at 95-100% during periods of no lung ventilation in three patients undergoing treatment for severe tracheal stenosis.
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