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- Title
Conservative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment in a tracheal injury: a case report.
- Authors
Bong Soo Son; Woo Hyun Cho; Chang Wan Kim; Hyun Min Cho; Seon Hee Kim; Sang Kwon Lee; Do Hyung Kim
- Abstract
In patients with tracheal injuries, conservative treatment is an alternative approach when surgical treatment is difficult. However, the success rate of conservative treatment is low when a ventilator is used constantly because of underlying lung disease, and successful conservative treatment requires the maintenance of as much self-respiration as possible without a ventilator. Here, we report a case of lower tracheal injury in which both surgical and conservative treatments were difficult, but conservative treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was successful while maintaining self-respiration without a ventilator.
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13019-015-0252-7