NYU Languone's pulmonary transplant program completes the world's first complete robot double pulmonary transplant.

ON September 10, 2024, the Surgery team at the NYU Langon Transplant Institute performed the first complete robot pulmonary transplant in the United States. This is a surgical innovation milestone in lung transplantation.

Just one month later, on October 22, NYU LANGONE HEALTH re -created a medical history and completed the world's first complete robot double pulmonary transplant. It is a breakthrough for both 7 -hour procedure, robot surgery and minimal invasive patient care, and as a new global leader of robot transplant surgery, a health system that performs more than 2,000 robot support surgery every year.

Surgical team led by Dr. Stephanie H. Chang, Director of NYU Languone's lung transplant program, has transplanted both donors who have died in Cherry Mehrkar, a 57 -year -old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 。 Only four days after the patient was placed on a lung transplant waiting list. This procedure was performed with a small incision between the lungs, removing the lungs, preparing the surgical site, and using the DA Vinci XI robot system. It is expected that small incisions made by robot pulmonary transplant surgery will speed up the patient's healing and shorten the hospital following complex procedures. Dr. Chang is the support of heart thoracic surgeon Travis C. Gerashi, Maryland, Agen A. Grossi, Maryland, Stephen B. Corbin, Mary Land Surgery, Lewis F. Angel. And transplanted the medical director of the lungs.

“We are aiming to use these robot systems to reduce the impact of this major surgery on patients, limit postoperative pain, and give the best results as possible,” said Dr. Chang. Say. “It could not happen without an institution that focuses on transplanting forward.”

MEHRKAR, which inherited the genetic primary of lung disease, was diagnosed with COPD in 2010. Her condition worsened in 2022 after the match against COVID-19. Through her life, she is an enthusiastic adventurer, exploring the world of the seabed as a scuba debaster, becoming a dedicated motor cyclist, and acquiring a black belt with her husband's Shahin and karate. 。

Mehrkar is discharged on November 21 and wants to return to her beloved activities, such as a volunteer emergency medical engineer at a local fire department in Datches County, New York.

“I am very grateful to the donors and their families who gave me another chance in life,” MEHRKAR says. “For a long time, I was told that I was not a sufficient illness for transplantation. The NYU Languone team focuses on the quality of my life as a priority, and the doctor and nursing who gave me hope. I am very grateful to the teacher.

The NYU Languone Transplant Research Institute conducted 76 pulmonary transplantation in 2023 to survive the pulmonary for one year after transplantation (it means that the organs are not rejected and do not become dysfunction) and the patient at the fastest. Therefore, the scientific registration of a transplant recipe enthusiast, the most valued national quality tracker. Both metrics match the NYU Langone's records, as measured by Vizient Inc., a major medical performance improvement organization in Japan, maintaining the lowest mortality rate at the domestic academic Medical Center. “Our transplant research institute team will improve the services of patients suitable for patients and advance the field to provide necessary life care in the best patient experience,” said MD, PHD, and H. Leonpachter, MD Robert Montgomery, Surgery Professor, Chair. MinistryAnd the director of the Nyu Languone Transplant Institute.

“This latest innovation is the junction of pulmonary transplant surgery around the world,” said Ralph S. Mosca, Maryland, Maryland, Henry H. Aroon Hold Chair at Hassenfeld Pediatric Hospital in the nurse rangoan. Say. “It's just the beginning of a new era of patient care.”