With 103 lung transplants and one heart-lung transplant in 2024, MHH is the leader in the Eurotransplant network. The lung transplant team relies on minimally invasive procedures and innovative ...

More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...

A new technique in lung transplantation could save many more lives. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says it has adopted practices known as "lungs in a box" and "lungs in a fridge" ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, EBV is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with LVRS.

The specialist has been performing robot-assisted operations since 2010, consolidating himself as one of the top experts in ...

A local Search and Rescue dog is set to undergo surgery Friday after a grass seed made its way into his lungs and causing a ...

The new “lungs in a fridge” tech can keep the lungs intact for up to 18 hours, compared to about four hours when kept on it.

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

Health First’s Heart & Vascular Program has earned its third straight 3-star overall isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) recognition from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). [...] ...

Allison Ciaccio had a respiratory illness that wouldn't go away. Repeated follow-ups found Stage I lung cancer.