Femoral Artery Cannulation Timing for a Pediatric Aortic Arch Repair

Tomohiro Yamamoto; Ehrenfried Schindler

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1755206

Femoral Artery Cannulation Timing for a Pediatric Aortic Arch Repair

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Aug 22. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755206. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Tomohiro Yamamoto¹, Ehrenfried Schindler²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 35995067
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755206

Abstract

We have previously introduced a blood delivery method via femoral artery cannulation to provide perfusion to the organs in the lower part of the body during pediatric aortic arch repair surgeries. In the original procedure, the femoral artery cannulation was performed after the patient had been covered with a sterile drape. Here, we suggest that the femoral artery cannulation should be performed before the patient is draped to allow optimal visibility of the target artery and puncture needle via aseptic real-time ultrasound-guided technique by reducing the inclusions between the patient's skin and ultrasound probe which attenuate the ultrasound beam.