Abstract
We started to use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) for newborns in 1985. Since then nineteen patients were selected to apply ECMO, including 10 cases of diaphragmatic hernia, 2 of gastric rupture, 2 of meconium aspiration, 2 of sepsis and so on. The veno-arterial bypass using cervical vessels was employed in all cases. The mean body weight was 3.0kg and the onset time of ECMO was 82.7 hours old. The mean ECMO time was 96.1 hours. 13 patients(68.4%) survived.
