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Young woman with coronavirus receives double lung transplant in Chicago

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Jun 13, 2020
Young woman with coronavirus receives double lung transplant in Chicago

Surgeons in Chicago have actually offered a new set of lungs to a young woman with serious lung damage from the coronavirus Northwestern Medicine on Thursday revealed the treatment, which took place last Friday.

Just A Couple Of other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have actually gotten lung transplants. CBS News reporter Carter Evans reports the treatment at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare facility marks the very first successful double lung transplant of a COVID-19 patient in the U.S.

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This X-ray image provided by Northwestern Medication in June 2020 reveals the chest of a COVID-19 patient prior to she got a brand-new set of lungs because of extreme lung damage from the coronavirus, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

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The 10- hour treatment was challenging since the virus had actually left her lungs complete of holes and practically merged to the chest wall, stated Dr. Ankit Bharat, who carried out the operation.

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Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgical treatment at Northwestern Memorial

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