two third lobes? i dint see it specified
Posted on 04/14/2021 7:43:38 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
TOKYO – Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19.
The recipient, identified only as a woman from Japan's western region of Kansai, is recovering after the nearly 11-hour operation on Wednesday, Kyoto University Hospital said in a statement. It said her husband and son, who donated parts of their lungs, are also in stable condition.
The university said it was the world's first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a person with COVID-19 lung damage. Transplants from brain-dead donors in Japan are still rare, and living donors are considered a more realistic option for patients.
"We demonstrated that we now have an option of lung transplants (from living donors)," Dr. Hiroshi Date, a thoracic surgeon at the hospital who led the operation, said at a news conference. "I think this is a treatment that gives hope for patients" with severe lung damage from COVID-19, he said.
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I hope no one tells the CCP about this.
two third lobes? i dint see it specified
Why didn’t they do this on a black guy? Racists
Despite medical improvements, the lung transplant survival rates have only improved by about 5% over the last decade. The 5 year survival rate after a lung transplant in the United States is 55%. Only 1 in 3 lung transplant recipients will make it to their 10 year post-surgery anniversary. 90% of those who pass away from complications from their lung transplant do so because of acute cellular rejections. 45% of the lungs that are donated from deceased individuals come from the 18-34 age demographic. 39,718 transplants were performed in 2019. - https://healthresearchfunding.org/43-incredible-lung-transplant-survival-rate-statistics/
Interesting and sobering data...
In this case we have tissue being transplanted into existing lungs. It will be interesting to see if that makes a difference in survival rates, if this becomes more of a practice in the future.
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