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Mr Allard’s condition eventually improved, and he had surgery for a double lung transplant in early January and was later able to come off the life support machine after being on it for 70 days.
A 2019 cohort study of nearly 10,000 lung transplant recipients in the US demonstrated significantly improved long-term survival using sirolimus + tacrolimus (median survival 8.9 years) instead of mycophenolate mofetil + tacrolimus (median survival 7.1 years) for immunosuppressive therapy starting at one year after transplant.
Addison Rerecich (October 1, 1999 – December 30, 2019) [1] was an American double-lung transplant recipient who spent the longest documented duration of time using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at 93 days. [2] [3] She underwent the transplant at age 11 in 2011 and was the subject of a 2013 episode of Frontline on PBS.
Photo by NYU Langone Health. Cheryl Mehrkar with Stephanie H. Chang, MD, who performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery on Oct. 22, 2024.
The transplant institute performed 76 lung transplants in 2023. Just a few months ago, Chang was lauded for leading the first fully robotic lung transplant in the nation, using the novel technique ...
Date of transplant Survival Reference Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
The patient, a 30-year-old man with cystic fibrosis, underwent a double-lung transplant six days later and ultimately recovered. Two years earlier, ...
On August 26, 2018, Wineland underwent a double lung transplant. Shortly after the surgery, Wineland suffered an ischemic stroke due to a blood clot which "cut off blood flow to the right side of her brain." [12] She died on September 2, 2018, at UC San Diego Thornton Pavilion. [12] [1] [13]