Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 45, Number 4, December 2013
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Page(s) | 254 - 258 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/201345254 | |
Published online | 15 December 2013 |
Technique Articles
A Safe and Flexible Cardiopulmonary Bypass Technique for Complex Aortic Surgery without the Requirement for Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
* Perfusion Department, University Hospital North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
† Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Address correspondence to: David Machin, BSc (Hons), AACP, Perfusion Department, University Hospital North Staffordshire, City General Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST15 0GA, UK. E-mail: david.machin@uhns.nhs.uk
Received:
27
March
2013
Accepted:
1
October
2013
This article describes an adaptable technique of full-body perfusion during complex aortic surgery, which was performed on six consecutive patients, at a nasopharyngeal temperature of 28–34°C for a mean duration of 5 hours. A modified perfusion system was used to provide upper and lower body perfusion through axillary and femoral artery cannulation. The option of selective antegrade cerebral perfusion was also available if required. A simple custom-made circuit and application of additional monitoring such as cerebral oximetry makes this technique a safe and flexible method of providing continuous whole-body perfusion at moderate hypothermia and above. We found that these patients all had no major coagulopathies after the procedure and demonstrated no observable neurological, renal, or gastrointestinal dysfunction on recovery.
Key words: axillary and femoral artery cannulation / aortic surgery / selective antegrade cerebral perfusion
© 2013 AMSECT
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