/sci/ - Science & Math

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http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/Alt.Sex.Stories.Moderated/Year2002/37221

holy crap, just post the link and maybe an excerpt

did you at least finish fapping before making this thread?

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Sup /sci/, I've got another new idea for a novel use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

So gangrene due to bacterial meningitis is to my knowledge the leading cause of non-traumatic bilateral upper extremity amputation, which is obviously a fairly devastating disability. Because the cause of gangrene in this case is prolonged poor perfusion of soft tissue in the limbs (ischemia), it should theoretically be possible to ward off the gangrene and tissue necrosis associated with limb ischemia by maintaining oxygen perfusion to the tissues through some method, correct?

This is where my idea for another novel application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation comes in. If a patient is in the ICU with severe bacterial meningitis that is receiving treatment, yet ultrasonic doppler blood flow tests shows poor perfusion to the limbs, why not isolate the affected limbs from the circulatory system and begin extracorporeal membrane oxygenation until the patient is well enough to perfuse blood to their own limbs again?

The idea would be to surgically disconnect the arteries and veins in the affected limb, ligating the arteries on the torso side and cannulizing both the veins and arteries for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on the limb side.

For arms, this would involve the Brachial artery and Cephalic, Basilic and/or Brachial veins. For legs, the Femoral artery and the Superficial and/or Profunda Femoral veins.

Once the patient has recovered enough, their blood vessels would be reattached.

Does this sound like a viable idea?