First lung transplant from living donors

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• Mari YamaguchiAAP Camera IconThe first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a lung-damaged patient has been completed..
• AP Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail UsCopy the Link Doctors in Japan say 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 university said it was the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a person with COVID-19 lung damage..
• Kyoto University said dozens of transplants of parts of lungs taken from brain-dead donors to patients with COVID-19-related lung damage have been carried out in the United States, Europe and China..
• She was placed on a life support machine that works as an artificial lung for more than three months at another hospital because her lungs were so severely damaged…

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From The West Australian - April 9, 2021