ECLS for Life-Threatening Complications in Mesothelioma Surgery: Is It Worthwhile?
Alice BelliniAndrea Dell'AmorePia FerrignoNicolo' SellaPaolo NavalesiFederico ReaPublished in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2021)
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is an effective method for bridging patients to recovery in cases of respiratory and/or cardiac failure that are potentially reversible and unresponsive to conventional management. Nevertheless, there have been only few reports about the use of ECLS in oncological patients with complications due to their neoplasm or its treatment. We report the use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in three cases of severe perioperative complications following surgery for mesothelioma after induction chemotherapy at our Institution.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- respiratory failure
- cardiac surgery
- left ventricular
- surgical site infection
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- early onset
- patients undergoing
- prostate cancer
- heart failure
- squamous cell carcinoma
- locally advanced
- radical prostatectomy
- robot assisted
- patient reported outcomes
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- high grade
- drug induced
- smoking cessation