[Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Thoracic Surgery: Establishing Functional and Technical Operability].

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. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.