Surgeons keep man alive without lungs, paving new path to transplant
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week.The patient, a 33-year-old Missouri resident whose name was not shared, was originally flown to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with lung failure linked to a flu infection in spring 2023.When his condition escalated to severe pneumonia and sepsis, his heart stopped and the […]
