Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation: Successful Transplantation After 155 Days of Support

Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to lung transplantation–experience of a high-volume transplant center

“…Bridging periods of over 100 days have been reported in the literature. 20 The patient bridged longest in our series was awaiting retransplantation while supported with VV ECMO using a single dual-lumen cannula (19-F Avalon in right subclavian vein). He was successfully transplanted after 95 days and is alive 3.5 years after the transplantation.…”

Long-Term Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

“…The patient survived for 351 days after lung transplantation before dying of pneumonia [7]. Most recently, we have successfully bridged a 22-year-old female patient with postpartum ARDS to lung transplantation after 155 days of ECMO support [8]. She is now living at home and doing well more than 2 years after lung transplantation.…”

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the pre and post lung transplant period

“…The mean reported duration on ECMO as a bridge to lung transplant is 13-25 days (25). Several case studies have reported that longer ECMO duration may be feasible (32)(33)(34)(35). Our center has successfully performed lung transplant on a patient supported with ECMO for 370 days (unpublished data-in review).…”