welcomes you to the new, improved website!In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant.
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Living without lungs for six days saves mom’s life
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
Source: Toronto General Hospital
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Author(s): Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
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ECMO and , Excellent surgical team , good nursing care and availability of a donor in the right time paved the way for such a success story. well done
Excellent work by the world’s best lung transplant team.