Pulmonary shunting during venovenous bypass.

Pulmonary support using venovenous bypass and a biological oxygenator.

Impossible Airway Requiring Venovenous Bypass for Tracheostomy

The elective surgical airway is the definitive management for a tracheal stenotic lesion that is not a candidate for tracheal resection, or who has failed multiple-tracheal dilations. This case report details the management of a patient who has failed an elective awake tracheostomy secondary to the inability to be intubated as well as severe scar tissue at the surgical site. A combination of re...

Percutaneous venovenous bypass in orthotopic liver transplantation.

Since January 1994, we have used percutaneous placement of both the subclavian and femoral cannulae to establish access for venovenous bypass during orthotopic liver transplantation. Percutaneous subclavian and femoral cannulae were used in 36 patients of which 5 had portal decompression by placement of a cannula in inferior mesenteric vein percutaneously through the abdominal wall. Intraoperat...

Isolated Pulmonary Stenosis by Open Operation during Pulmonary Bypass

SURGICAL treatment of pulmonary stenosis has advanced to the point where a choice of several operative technics is available. This study constitutes a comparative review of the late recatheterization results in the open versus closed method of pulmonary valvuloplasty. Doyen reported an unsuccessful attempt to relieve pulmonary stenosis by transventricular valvulotomy in 1913.1 In 1948, Sellors ...

Air embolism as a complication of venovenous bypass during liver transplant for diffuse hemangiomatosis.

A 48-year-old female patient, who was 162 cm tall and weighed 102 kg, underwent a first liver transplant for diffuse hemangiomatosis. Preoperatively, she displayed a restrictive syndrome on respiratory function tests and increased dimensions of the right atrium and right ventricle on an echocardiogram. Renal function was normal and laboratory tests showed 10.3 g/L hemoglobin, prothrombin time o...