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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:281-3 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Extracorporeal Life Support in the Operative Treatment of Progressive Kyphoscoliosis. A Case Report*

PETER O. NEWTON, M.D.{dagger}, RANDALL LAIS, M.D.{ddagger}, JAY S. RODEN, M.D.§ and J. A. HERRING, M.D.{ddagger}, DALLAS, TEXAS

Investigation performed at the Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, and Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas


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Extracorporeal life support is a method of cardiopulmonary support that is based on modified cardiopulmonary bypass technology. The method is generally indicated when there is a reversible life-threatening lesion in either the cardiac or the pulmonary system. Extracorporeal life support may allow an overworked cardiopulmonary system to rest and mature in the neonatal period or it may provide time for recovery after the operative correction of a severe abnormality. The indications for this procedure and its use have been reported previously1,3,10,11. Extracorporeal life support is a more encompassing term for what has previously been called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Blood is pumped outside the body through an oxygenator before it is returned to systemic circulation. We report the use of extracorporeal life support in a child with severe progressive kyphoscoliosis who had pre-existing pulmonary hypoplasia of the left lung because of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia4,6,16. Anterior arthrodesis of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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