This combination of radiographs provided on April 9, 2021, by Kyoto University Hospital, shows the chest of the patient before the surgery, left, and after the surgery, right. - AP
TOKYO (AP): Doctors in Japan announced Thursday (April 8) 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.
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