Use of roller pump in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as an emergency rescue procedure.

A 41 years old male patient, having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to viral pneumonia, was put on venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After 3 h of initiation, the ECMO pump malfunctioned. The patient was initially managed on a hand crank for 5 h.

Retrieval of a retained video capsule endoscope with laparoscopic surgery.

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is commonly used for examining and diagnosing gastrointestinal disease, especially small bowel disease. Capsule retention is a well-known and significant complication of CE and requires surgical or endoscopic removal. Most reports described the retrieval of retained CE via laparotomy.

Pharmacobezoar-a rare case presented as gastric outlet obstruction.

BEZOARS are retained concretions of indigestible foreign material that accumulate and conglomerate in the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly in the stomach. Prevalence of bezoar is 0.4%.