CHICAGO (WLS) — Doctors in Chicago performed a rare and difficult surgery to save the life of a woman with stage 4 cancer. In case you didn't know, Mandy Wilke …
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Lung Transplantation
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Lung Transplantation
University of Chicago Medicine's Latino Transplant Program transplants 'beautiful new lungs' into Northwest Indiana man
See the history of the Spanish language and click here As his chest X-ray appeared on the computer screen, Bensavio Guajardo was comforted by the nurse's words. “Mira tas hermosos …
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A 28-year-old Chicago man is conscious as he undergoes organ transplant surgery, with doctors showing him his kidney on the operating table.
by News Sourceby News SourceJohn Nicholas, 28, is one of a select few patients to undergo a kidney transplant while fully conscious. While he was on the operating table, doctors talked to him throughout …
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Heart Transplantation
Stanley Pinkston, a father of two from Chicago, undergoes second heart transplant at Advocate Christ Medical in Oak Lawn.
by News Sourceby News SourceOAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) — Stanley Pinkston received a heartwarming send-off as he was released from hospital ready for a third chance at life following his life-saving second heart transplant …
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Lung Transplantation
California doctor with cancer receives rare lung-liver transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
by News Sourceby News SourceCHICAGO (CBS) — A California doctor battling advanced stage lung cancer is now cancer-free after surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital completed the first-ever lung and liver transplant on a cancer …