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Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully performed a “first-of-its-kind” double-lung transplant on a cancer patient who was told she had limited time left to live.
The transplant institute performed 76 lung transplants in 2023. Just a few months ago, Chang was lauded for leading the first fully robotic lung transplant in the nation, using the novel technique ...
On April 26th, 28-year-old COVID-19 patient Mayra Ramirez went to the ER. By June 5th, the illness had damaged her lungs so much that she received a double lung transplant. "I looked at myself, I ...
Addison Rerecich (October 1, 1999 – December 30, 2019) [1] was an American double-lung transplant recipient who spent the longest documented duration of time using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at 93 days. [2] [3] She underwent the transplant at age 11 in 2011 and was the subject of a 2013 episode of Frontline on PBS.
A 2019 cohort study of nearly 10,000 lung transplant recipients in the US demonstrated significantly improved long-term survival using sirolimus + tacrolimus (median survival 8.9 years) instead of mycophenolate mofetil + tacrolimus (median survival 7.1 years) for immunosuppressive therapy starting at one year after transplant.
Date of transplant Survival Reference Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
A double lung transplant was successful in late-stage cancer patients for the first time. Northwestern Medicine surgeons performed the operation. New double lung transplant technique is successful ...
Cooper graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1964, completed his fellowship, and then obtained his first faculty appointment in 1972 at the University of Toronto.He performed the world's first successful lung transplant on pulmonary fibrosis patient Tom Hall on November 7, 1983 at Toronto General Hospital.