Animation illustrating the steps involved in the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery that took place at NYU Langone Health on Oct. 22, 2024 in New York, NY. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Lung transplantation has evolved over 60 years from an experimental to an accepted standard treatment for life-threatening lung disease. Suitable recipients can expect improved survival and quality of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time, surgeons in Chicago used breast implants and an artificial lung to save a young man's life. The longtime smoker, and vaper, needed the transplant after getting ...

From organ preservation to surgical technique, lung transplant medicine has undergone a series of quiet revolutions — and the demands on hospitals are changing with it. Gerard Criner, MD, director of ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation ...