Covid-19 survivor saved by this sense-blow, a very first procedure
A remarkable operation saved a COVID-19 patient, giving hope to others also suffering.
A young woman in the middle of 20 years was so suffering from the harmful effects of Covid-19 that she has undergone a 10 hourDouble pulmonary graft procedureAnd is now in convalescence in recovery. According to a report ofThe New York Times,it's theFirst known lung transplant for a CVIV-19 patient In the United States and, if its continued healing, surgery gives great hope for more coronavirus patients in the future.
Inflammation in the 26-year-old patient's lungs had left the "completely planted tissue around them, the heart, the thoracic wall and the diaphragm",Ankit Bharat, MD, the leader of thoracic surgery andSurgical Director of the Pulmonary Transplant Program North West medicine, saysTheTimes. This is the main reason why surgery took 10 hours, much longer than most transplants.
Bharat noted that the damage to the lungs of the patient were so serious that the double transplant was his only chance of survival. His team wanted "other transplant centers to know that the operation could save someDesperate patients with COVID-19, "The temperaturereports.
But, Bharat added, "I want to emphasize that it's not for every Covid patient. We are talking about relatively young, very functional patients, with minimum lung conditions, with permanent lung damage that can not come out of the fan. "
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There is still a lot of research to do on theSustainable effects of Covid-19 contagion. Therapeutic treatments and vaccines go through test tests for confirmed safety and efficiency, surgical treatment for people with the most serious lung damage could be another option, which should of course, this patient of Manufacturing of history continues to fully restore. She is currently on a fan and improving us. "She's awake, she smiles, she faces face with her family," said Bharat. And for more ways, COVID-19 could do a toll for years to come, discover7 risks for the long-term health of coronaviruses that you need to know.