The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

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

The lungs that Dr. Ankit Bharat took out of Tadd Crosslin, a 49-year-old father of twins, were marred with billions of cancer cells. They were “perhaps the most diseased that we’ve ever seen,” said ...

Early acute rejection following lung transplantation can be safely detected and graded by transbronchial biopsy via bronchoscopy.

?] Pulmonary arterial hypertension happens when the arteries that carry blood from your heart to your lungs get narrow or blocked. This makes the blood pressure inside these arteries go up, and ...

Prior to the fridge, lungs would be kept on ice, which could damage them. The fridge allows for more flexibility in scheduling, which in turn can lead to fewer mistakes. Other promising news is on ...

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

In a landmark medical achievement, Twinkle Dogra regained hand function after a 12-hour surgery in Faridabad, India. The ...

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

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 ...