It’s not just getting the lung in through a small incision that is challenging- the old lung also has to come out through a 6cm hole! The lung here has pulmonary fibrosis, and patient transplanted using minimally invasive
#lungtranaplant
with the
#robot
.
@pacman8it
@ISHLT
Your lungs are like sponges for air- they are made of many tiny air sacs called alveoli, in fact every person has around 500 million of them!
#lungs
#transplant
#MedTwitter
#MedEd
“Our experience treating
#COVID19
has shown us that
#ECMO
can be used in carefully selected patients, either as a bridge to
#LungTransplantation
, or to allow a patient’s own lungs to heal,” says Cedars-Sinai's
@JoChikweMD
.
Awesome job
@CedarsSinai
and all the fantastic people who make this possible. 60 lung transplants in 2021, over 3x what was done the previous year. Looking forward to what 2022 will hold.
#lungtransplant
#transplant
While healing of a patient’s own lungs is always better,
#lungtransplant
is an option in select patients with very damaged lungs from
#COVID19
. Outcomes with these patients are encouraging, as shown in this article.
@CedarsSinai
@ISHLT
“Our experience treating
#COVID19
has shown us that
#ECMO
can be used in carefully selected patients, either as a bridge to
#LungTransplantation
, or to allow a patient’s own lungs to heal,” says Cedars-Sinai's
@JoChikweMD
.