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X-ray images show the chest area of a COVID-19 patient who suffered lung damage before (left) and after a transplant operation (right). The dark areas show the transplanted lung tissue. | KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL / VIA KYODO
Kyodo Apr 9, 2021
Kyoto – Kyoto University Hospital said Thursday it had performed the world’s first living donor lung transplant on a patient who lost the functionality of both her lungs due to COVID-19.
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.
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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.
By Bill Galluccio
Apr 9, 2021
A Japanese woman who suffered severe lung damage following a battle with COVID-19 has successfully undergone lung transport surgery. The woman is the first person in the world to receive new lungs from living donors.
The woman, who was not identified, contracted COVID-19 last year and had to be put on life support. She spent months hooked up to a machine that functioned as an artificial lung. After she recovered from the coronavirus, doctors determined that her lungs were too damaged and that she needed to undergo transplant surgery.
There is a shortage of lung donors, and the waiting list can be years long. When her family realized she was unlikely to find a suitable donor in time, they decided to donate their lungs. Her husband volunteered to donate part of his left lung, while her son donated part of his right lung.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Patient receives first lung transplant from living donors
9 Apr, 2021 06:56 AM
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This combination of radiographs shows the chest of the patient before the surgery, left, and after the surgery, right. Images / Kyoto University Hospital
This combination of radiographs shows the chest of the patient before the surgery, left, and after the surgery, right. Images / Kyoto University Hospital
AP
By: Mari Yamaguchi
Doctors in Japan announced today 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.