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Surgeons in the United States perform lung transplant for Covid-19 patient

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Rajan Nath
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Surgeons in the United States perform lung transplant for Covid-19 patient
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The United States conducted a double-lung transplant in a former coronavirus patient, the medical officials announced on Thursday. The surgery is said to be the first of its kind in the US since the pandemic knocked the doors of the nation, the Washington Post reported. publive-imageThe Northwestern Medicine in Chicago stated that a woman in her 20s would not have survived without the transplant. Currently, she is under intensive care recovering from the operation. She was on lung and heart assistance devices for the past two months.
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publive-image Meanwhile, Ankit Bharat, the chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of Northwestern’s lung transplant program, said that the organ transplantation may become frequent for the victims of the most severe forms of coronavirus. publive-image The disease caused by the novel virus commonly attacks the respiratory system but also inflicts damage on kidneys, hearts, blood vessels, and the neurological system. publive-image “I expect some of these patients will have such lung injury that they will not be able to carry on without transplant,” Bharat said. “This could be a lifesaving intervention," he added. Also Read | Australian Supercar racer Renee Gracie turns adult star to end financial struggle Earlier on May 26, the surgeons in Austria performed the world’s first known lung transplant to save the life of a coronavirus survivor. A 45-year-old woman with a severe form of the disease had received a lung transplant. Bharat added that he and others are not aware of another organ transplant of any kind in the United States that too of a recipient who had contracted the coronavirus. -PTC News-
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