Surgery for a large tracheoesophageal fistula using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Anne S van Drumpt; Hidde M Kroon; Frank Grüne; Robert van Thiel; Manon C W Spaander; Bas P L Wijnhoven; Dinis Dos Reis Miranda

doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.08.03

Surgery for a large tracheoesophageal fistula using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

J Thorac Dis. 2017 Sep;9(9):E735-E738. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.03.

Authors

Anne S van Drumpt¹, Hidde M Kroon², Frank Grüne¹, Robert van Thiel³, Manon C W Spaander⁴, Bas P L Wijnhoven², Dinis Dos Reis Miranda³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care Adults, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

We report a patient with a giant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) planned for reconstructive surgery. Because mechanical ventilation in any form was technically impossible, we successfully used veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) without the need for mechanical ventilation.

Keywords: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); surgery; tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF).

Publication types

Case Reports