Fully Robotic Lung Transplant
The first fully non-invasive lung transplant was successfully performed in NY. From ACS: Cardiothoracic surgeon Stephanie H. Chang, MD, FACS, led the surgical team that performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant, representing a breakthrough for minimally invasive and robotic transplant surgery. The successful operation in NYU Langone Health’s Transplant Institute in New York […]
The Future of Transplant Surgery
Sometime in the not-too-distant future, a patient will present to the transplant center for evaluation. A genetic profile will be taken. That information will be sent to a remote lab where the kidney is grown in a pig. The kidney has been genetically modified to fit that patient perfectly. 3-6 months later, the kidney is […]