Cheryl Mehrkar with Stephanie H. Chang, MD, who performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery on Oct. 22, 2024. Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to ...

The thought of having one or both lungs replaced may sound overwhelming, but it's improved the lives of thousands of people living with severe lung disease. According to the American Journal of ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

ANYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - After a record 112 days on a specialised life-support system, a South Korean COVID-19 patient is recovering from double lung transplant surgery, doctors say, in only ...

Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to complete a fully robotic double lung transplant. NYU Langone Health announced that on October 22, it successfully conducted the surgery on a ...