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Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery

Claudia Paul / Mount Sinai Health System A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a windpipe. The trachea is basically a tube that transports air to and from the lungs, so you might think it would be easy to transplant. But not so. In fact, trachea transplants have been one of the last big challenges in this area of medicine. A 56-year-old woman from the Bronx, New York, named Sonia Sein, is the recipient. She ended up in the hospital six years ago, after a particularly nasty asthma attack. To help her breathe, she says doctors inserted a tube down her throat.

New York grandmother receives first windpipe transplant in the US

Sonia Sein, 56, underwent the first trachea transplant in the U.S. in January  The procedure may even be a world-first, but this was not confirmed by UNOS Sein said she spent the past six years trying to catch every breath at every moment after being intubated during an asthma attack damaged her trachea The trachea, or windpipe, is difficult to transplant due to its complex system of blood vessels and tiny hairs that are key to its function  Sein is recovering and so far doing well, and breathing easily  As many as half of Covid patients put on ventilators sustain trachea damage, according to one Italian study 

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Woman Gets New Trachea In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery : Shots

Embed NOEL KING, HOST: A medical team in New York says it has performed the first-ever complete surgical transplant of a windpipe. Trachea transplants have been one of the last big transplant challenges. Here s NPR science correspondent Richard Harris. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: About six years ago, Sonia Sein ended up in the hospital after a particularly nasty asthma attack. To help her breathe, she says doctors inserted a tube down her throat. SONIA SEIN: I was intubated too long, so the trachea was damaged. So I went to surgery after surgery trying to repair it.

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