Awake ECMO without anticoagulation for nearly completely obstructive squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 6;9(1):164-168. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3490. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Theodore D Klug¹, John Craig², Courtney B Shires¹

Affiliations

¹ West Cancer Center Germantown TN USA.
² Baptist Medical Group Memphis TN USA.

Abstract

Awake veno-venous ECMO without anticoagulation is a safe and successful way to remove a significantly obstructive malignancy in the trachea.

Keywords: ECMO; anticoagulation; complications; trachea.

© 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Case Reports