A South Korean-Canadian toddler was successfully given a life-saving windpipe transplant made from plastic fibers and some of her own stem cells, by an international team of surgeons.
Novel Procedure Treats Cancer Patient Using Stem Cells in Windpipe Transplant
In what could be called an innovative procedure, surgeons have performed a windpipe transplant with stem cells to treat a patient with trachea cancer.
In what could be called an innovative procedure, surgeons have performed a windpipe transplant with stem cells to treat a patient with trachea cancer.
The nine-hour transplant was a life-saving surgery for the child, who was unable to breathe, speak, swallow, eat or drink on her own since birth.
Because the procedure used stems cells from Warren's own bone marrow rather than a donor organ, her immune system is unlikely to reject the transplant. Doctors said she could return home and lead a normal life within months.
British Boy First in the World to Receive Windpipe Transplant
British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.
British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.
"She will go from being a virtual prisoner in a hospital bed to running around and playing with her sister and enjoying a normal life, which is a beautiful thing."
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Woman Gets Windpipe Transplantation, After Growing the Transplanted Organ in Her Arm!
A rare form of transplantation where the donor organ, a windpipe, was grown in the patient’s arm first for ten months and then transplanted in the throat.
A rare form of transplantation where the donor organ, a windpipe, was grown in the patient’s arm first for ten months and then transplanted in the throat.
"We are crossing frontiers with these transplants," Macchiarini said in a statement.
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World's First Synthetic Organ Transplant
The world's first transplant of a synthetic windpipe has been successfully carried out by a team of surgeons.
The world's first transplant of a synthetic windpipe has been successfully carried out by a team of surgeons.
"All we have ever wanted since Hannah was born was to be able to bring her home and be a regular family," Warren's father Darryl said.
"Hannah has been through so much and defied the odds. She is our little miracle," he said.
"Words cannot express our thanks to everyone who has helped make this dream a reality. We know one day soon we will get to make that trip home."
Source-AFP
