A prolonged and successful heparin-free extracorporeal membrane oxygenation run in isolated thoracic trauma: A case report.

A 21-year-old patient has been treated in emergency with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after severe thoracic trauma causing severe air leak and haemothorax. The extracorporeal assistance was managed without heparin for 10 days till the full recovery of the lung, and no side-effect was recorded.