Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 50, Number 3, September 2018
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Page(s) | 155 - 160 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/201850155 | |
Published online | 15 September 2018 |
Original Articles
Distal Perfusion Cannulation and Limb Complications in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Address correspondence to: Adham Elmously, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, 1300 York Avenue, Box 110, New York, NY 10065. E-mail: ade9010@nyp.org
Received:
4
March
2018
Accepted:
28
May
2018
The utility of distal perfusion cannula (DPC) placement for the prevention of limb complications in patients undergoing femoral venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is poorly characterized. Patients undergoing femoral VA ECMO cannulation at two institutions were retrospectively assessed. Patients were grouped into those who did and those who did not receive a DPC at the time of primary cannulation. The primary outcome was any limb complication. Secondary outcomes included successfully weaning ECMO and in-hospital mortality. A total of 75 patients underwent femoral cannulation between December 2010 and December 2017. Of those, 65 patients (86.7%) had a DPC placed during primary cannulation and 10 patients (13.3%) did not. Baseline demographics, indications for ECMO, and hemodynamic perturbations were well matched between groups. The rate of limb complications was 14.7% (11/75) for the overall cohort and did not differ between groups (p = .6). Three patients (4%) required a four-compartment fasciotomy for compartment syndrome in the DPC group; no patients without a DPC required fasciotomy. Of the three patients who required a thrombectomy for distal ischemia, two were in the DPC group and one was in the no-DPC group (p = .3). Two patients (2.7%) underwent delayed DPC placement for limb ischemia with resolution of symptoms. The in-hospital morality rate was 59.5% and did not differ between groups (p = .5). Patients in the present study, undergoing femoral VA ECMO without preemptive DPC placement did not experience a higher rate of limb complications. However, the two patients who underwent delayed DPC placement for post-cannulation ischemia experienced resolution of symptoms, suggesting that a DPC may be used as an effective limb salvage intervention.
Key words: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation / distal perfusion catheter / femoral cannulation / limb ischemia
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