SAY THE SUCCESS OF THE TRANSPLANT IS OFFERING HOPE TO COVID-19 PATIENTS WHO HAS LONG SAID BEEN BADLY DAMAGED BY THE DISEASE. THEY CAN DO THEM. THIS IS VIDEO FROM INSIDE OF THE OPERATING ROOM AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS SURGEONS PERFORM A BREAKTHROUGH FIRST OF ITS KIND TRANSPLANT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION DOCTOR AND KIT LED A TEAM THAT WORKED FOR 10 HOURS THE FAT IN FRONT OF THE HEART TO PERFORM A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT ON A COVID-19 PATIENTS, THIS IS A MILESTONE NOT ONLY IMPROVING THE CARE FOR THIS PATIENT. BUT ALSO GIVING HOPE FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. ON JUNE. FAST. THIS PAST FRIDAY ARE NOT TRANSPARENT TEAM AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. ON A PATIENT. THOSE LINES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED FROM COVID-19. DOCTOR BROUGHT ANNOUNCE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PATIENT IS A HISPANIC WOMAN IN HER 20’S. HER NAME IS BEING WITHHELD BY THE HOSPITAL FOR PRIVACY REASONS AND HER FAMILY DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED.

HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY SHE WAS ADMITTED ON APRIL 26 AND SOON NEEDED HELP BREATHING MANY DAYS SHE WAS THE SICKEST PATIENT IN OUR COVID-19 ICY USE AND POSSIBLY THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL. SHE REQUIRED A MECHANICAL VENTILATOR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER RIVAL TO THE HOSPITAL ONCE SHE BEAT COVID-19 TESTING NEGATIVE SEVERAL TIMES THE DISEASE WAS GONE, BUT HER LUNGS WERE LEFT TOO WEAK TO BRIEF. THIS IS AN X-RAY SHOWING HER LUNG DAMAGE AND A PHOTO SHOWING ONE OF HER LUNGS RIDDLED WITH HOLES AND SCORING TO WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR LAWNS. WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAVITIES THROUGHOUT BOTH THE LINES AND YOU KNOW THIS KIND OF HIS M O THE SWISS CHEESE DEFECT DOCTOR BROUGHT SAYS THE TRANSPLANT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE COVID-19 LEFT THE LOANS SO INFLAMED. THAT THEY’VE PLASTER THEMSELVES TO OTHER TISSUE SURROUNDING HER CHEST AND HEART IN HER CASE IT WAS THAT TECHNICALLY MUCH MORE COMPLEX.

ALONG WAS REALLY DENSE THIS CARD AND START TO THIS SURROUNDING STRUCTURES THAT MADE THE DISSECTION OF THE LUNGS VERY DIFFICULT. AND AS IT IS UP TO THE COVID AND HIS INJURY AND THE INFORMATION ALL THE ANATOMIC PLANES YOU KNOW THAT BEING THE HEIR OF A THE BLOOD VESSELS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE PATIENT IS NOW EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AND BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 WEEKS I CAN MAKE CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT IF SHE DIDN’T GET THE TRANSPLANT HE WOULD NOT BE ALIVE WE’RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE CHANCE OF THE NEW LIFE FOR THIS READY ON PATIENT. COPING THERE. THAT SHE WILL ACHIEVE THE FULL RECOVERY. AND DOCTORS HERE AT NORTHWESTERN EMPHASIZE THAT THIS KIND OF TRANSPLANT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY THEY SAY IN THIS CASE. THE PATIENT WAS IN HER 20’S SO RELATIVELY YOUNG AND HAD NO OTHER UNDERLYING.