Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz of Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France, discusses the use of ECMO in thoracic surgery. Dr. Falcoz presents the current options for ECMO, including a simplified extracorporeal circuit and cannulation placement. Dr. Falcoz also discusses the future of ECMO in thoracic surgery cases.
This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.
