Surgeons perform first known U.S. lung transplant for COVID-19 patient

Seattle Times Thursday, 11 June 2020 ()
A former COVID-19 patient has received a double-lung transplant, a surgery believed to be the first of its kind in the United States since the pandemic began, medical officials announced Thursday. Northwestern Medicine in Chicago said the recipient, a woman in her 20s who would not have survived without the transplant, is in intensive care […]
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News video: Surgeons Perform Double Lung Transplant On COVID-19 Patient At Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Surgeons Perform Double Lung Transplant On COVID-19 Patient At Northwestern Memorial Hospital 00:42

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital performed a double lung transplant on a patient whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by COVID-19.