The procedure was led by NYU Langone Transplant Institute Lung Transplant Program surgical director Dr ... from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), received both lungs using the Da Vinci Xi ...
The robotic double lung transplant was conducted by a team of doctors, working in tandem with a robot. The robot made small incisions on either side, removed the diseased lungs, prepared the surgical ...
A 57-year-old woman with COPD has received the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant.The breakthrough sur ...
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A surgical team at NYU Langone Health has performed the first fully robotic double lung transplant in the world.
and then implants the donor lungs, all through a small incision on each side. As a result, compared with typical lung transplant surgeries, the incisions are reduced from roughly 8 inches to 2, ...
She had also achieved a fourth-degree karate black belt and dabbled in skydiving and bungee jumping. Now, Mehrkar has a new ...
A team of surgeons at NYU Langone Health recently performed the world’s first fully robotic double-lung transplant, a big ...
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NYU Langone’s Dr. Stephanie Chang opens up to PEOPLE about performing the breakthrough procedure on 57-year-old Cheryl ...
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