First US trachea transplant offers hope to Covid patients with windpipe damage
by Associated Press in New York from Science | The Guardian on (#5G843)
- Social worker, 56, treated at Mt Sinai hospital in New York
- Some patients left with serious damage from ventilators
Surgeons in New York City have performed the first windpipe transplant in the US, giving a woman who suffered severe asthma a new trachea, the tube that transports air from the mouth to the lungs.
Doctors say such operations could help Covid-19 patients left with serious windpipe damage from breathing machines.
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