Three-year old Japanese boy gets part of a lung from his mother, this is the world's first successful graft of a middle lobe from a living donor, say sources. Lung transplants from living donors usually involve transferring the inferior lobe which has greater breathing capacity. But a middle lobe was transplanted in this case as it is smaller than an inferior lobe and is of the right size for the boy, the Okayama University Hospital said. The ...Tuesday, 2 July 2013
World's First Partial Lung Transplant
Three-year old Japanese boy gets part of a lung from his mother, this is the world's first successful graft of a middle lobe from a living donor, say sources. Lung transplants from living donors usually involve transferring the inferior lobe which has greater breathing capacity. But a middle lobe was transplanted in this case as it is smaller than an inferior lobe and is of the right size for the boy, the Okayama University Hospital said. The ...
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