Akil Ali, Bölükbas Servet, Wiebe Karsten
Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie und Lungenunterstützung, Klinikum Ibbenbüren, Deutschland.
Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Kliniken Essen Mitte, Deutschland.
Zentralbl Chir. 2019 Feb;144(1):78-85. doi: 10.1055/a-0800-0178. Epub 2019 Jan 21.
Functional and technical operability has to be evaluated and defined prior to thoracic surgical procedures. Sometimes patients assigned to thoracic surgery procedures have to be declared inoperable due to functional und technical limitations. Extracorporeal lung support is an important tool to establish functional and technical operability in patients undergoing thoracic surgical procedures. This ensures perioperative safety and minimises the risk during extended lung resection.