KYOTO UNIVERSITY PERFORMS WORLD’S 1ST LIVING DONOR LUNG TRNSPLANT

Highlights –

• Kyoto University performs world’s 1st living donor lung transplant.
• A patient had lost functionality of both her lungs due to COVID-19.
• The operation is said to have taken around 11hours to perform.
• The lungs were donated by the patient’s husband and son.

In a first of a kind report, on Thursday, Kyoto University Hospital report....