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health2 years ago

Breast Implants and Transplant Rescue Man with Lung Damage

Davey Bauer, a 34-year-old man, underwent a remarkable double lung transplant after his lungs were completely removed due to a severe bacterial infection. During the surgery, an "artificial lung" and breast implants were used as placeholders to support his heart. The innovative surgeries, devised by Dr. Ankit Bharat and his team at Northwestern Medicine, kept Bauer alive until donor lungs became available. The case demonstrates the potential of new technology to sustain patients without lungs and offers hope for future transplant candidates. Bauer, now recovering, hopes his story inspires others to quit smoking or vaping.

via NPR|
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health2 years ago

"Double lung transplants offer hope for late-stage lung cancer patients"

Northwestern Medicine has successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with end-stage lung cancer using a new technique that minimizes the risk of cancer spreading during the procedure. The hospital is now launching a clinical program for people with end-stage lung disease, offering double lung transplants as a treatment option. The program will follow the outcomes of its first 75 patients who receive double lung transplants for lung cancer in a new research registry called DREAM.

via ABC News|
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health2 years ago

Double Lung Transplant Cures Woman's Terminal Lung Cancer

Two patients with terminal stage 4 lung cancer have been cured after receiving a rare double lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine. The cancer did not spread beyond their lungs, making them perfect candidates for the operation. The new surgical technique involves putting the patient on full heart and lung bypass, delicately taking both cancer-ridden lungs out simultaneously along with the lymph nodes, washing the airways and the chest cavity to clear the cancer, and then putting new lungs in. The outcomes of the program's first 75 patients will be monitored in new research, called DREAM, to track the results of transplants.

via Daily Mail|
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health2 years ago

Double Lung Transplants Successfully Treat Late-Stage Cancer Patients

Two people with stage IV lung cancer who had been told that they had only weeks or months to live are breathing freely after receiving double lung transplants, Northwestern Medicine in Chicago said Wednesday. A double lung transplantation offers a potentially lifesaving option for some people with a poor prognosis, but doctors say there are specific criteria a lung cancer patient must meet, including that the cancer is contained within the lungs and the person has tried all other treatment options.

via CNN|
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health2 years ago

Double lung transplant technique shows success in late-stage cancer patients.

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago have successfully performed double lung transplantations in two patients with stage 4 lung cancer, a novel treatment for certain late-stage lung cancers. The approach involves taking both cancerous lungs out of the body at the same time and replacing them with two healthy transplanted lungs, significantly reducing the risk of cancer cells contaminating the new organs or other parts of the body. The approach doesn’t apply to all stage 4 lung cancer patients, but only for those in whom cancer has spread from one lung to the other but has not spread beyond that.

via NBC News|
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