Assistance ventilatoire par ECMO veino-veineuse pour résection d’aspergillome pulmonaire

Abstract

Respiratory support using extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is rarely used in the setting of adult lung surgery, with the exception of lung transplantation. We report the case of a patient with pulmonary aspergilloma, for whom selective bronchial intubation was required to facilitate surgery. Intolerance to unilateral ventilation was anticipated due to poor underlying lung function. Intra-operatively, an attempt to lung exclusion was responsible for severe hypoxemia. The use of veno-venous ECMO allowed to improve oxygenation and lung resection was carried out successfully at the expense of major intra-operative bleeding.