The surgery was performed at NYU Langone by Surgical Director Dr. Stephanie Chang, who led the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 4:26AMA medical breakthrough took place in New York City, after a patient received the first robotic double lung transplant in the world.
"The doctors did it, my donor did it, those are the heroes, I just said okay," Mehrkar said. "And was so happy to hear when I woke up - Dr. Chang said, 'Cheryl we did it, we did it, all robotically.' It's just amazing.The surgery was performed at NYU Langone by Surgical Director Dr. Stephanie Chang, who led the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant, operating with the use of robotic arms to remove the diseased lungs and implant new ones.
"So, you can imagine incisions this big as opposed to this big, you just have significantly better healing and less pain," Dr. Chang said.
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