CNN)A Japanese woman whose lungs were severely damaged by has received what doctors say is the world's first lung transplant from living donors to a recovered coronavirus patient.
Kyoto University Hospital said the woman underwent an 11-hour operation by a 30-strong medical team on Wednesday to transplant lung tissue from her husband and son.
X-ray images show the patient's chest before the transplant operation, left, and after, right. The dark areas indicate where lung tissue has been transplanted.
Covid-19 is known to cause severe lung damage in some patients, and -- have received lung transplants as part of their recovery from the disease.But the Kyoto hospital said this case was the first in which lung tissue had been transplanted from living donors to a Covid-19 patient.
Kyoto University Hospital said the woman underwent an 11-hour operation by a 30-strong medical team on Wednesday to transplant lung tissue from her husband and son.
X-ray images show the patient's chest before the transplant operation, left, and after, right. The dark areas indicate where lung tissue has been transplanted. Covid-19 is known to cause severe lung damage in some patients, and -- have received lung transplants as part of their recovery from the disease.But the Kyoto hospital said this case was the first in which lung tissue had been transplanted from living donors to a Covid-19 patient.
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