Doctors from the famous Milan hospital “Policlinico” for the first time in Europe, had a transplant lungs man undergoing COVID-19. Now as 18-year-old patient does not cause fears of physicians.
the surgery was successfully conducted ten days ago, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the local edition of Focus.
it is Reported that a young Italian, who had no chronic diseases, were infected with coronavirus and spent two months in intensive care. As COVID-19 almost completely destroyed the lungs of the patient, it had to be connected to a ventilator.
Doctors came to the conclusion that to save the young man can only transplantation. Given that the patient was in critical condition, a lung transplant has become for physicians a real challenge.
the Operation was conducted in two operational brigades, and another was in a state of readiness. It lasted ten hours.
Now the young man is conscious and is undergoing physiotherapy to restore the function of spontaneous breathing.
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