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Otherwise, inoperable. The role of ECMO in thoracic surgery – focus on the medi...
Pinto, Carlos; Roncon, Roberto; Mendogni, PaoloThe use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in surgery is expanding as the medical community started adopting it, with good results, for procedures with high risk of respiratory and hemodynamic instability. This technique provided the possibility to reduce the number of patients previously considered inoperable because of these limitations. Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are rare neoplastic mediast...
Arterial access complications in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenat...
Nóbrega, Leandro; Dias, Lara; Moura, Tiago; Paz Dias, Pedro; Sousa, Joel; Roncon, Roberto; Mansilha, ArmandoINTRODUCTION: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been increasing in recent years. Veno-Arterial ECMO (ECMO-VA) is usually deployed in refractory cardiac failure and is mostly cannulated through the common femoral artery. When present, arterial access complications may have important consequences in these patients. Therefore, this work aims to narratively review the available evidence rega...