Russian transplant surgeons from Sklifosovsky Science & Research Institute of Emergency, Moscow, performed a successful transplantation of lungs for a patient with severe lung pathology.

      A young woman suffered from lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare lung pathology found only in women, during which a smooth muscle grows throughout the lungs. The only hope for her was lung transplantation.

      Unique surgery lasted for over 12 hours, after that the woman had a long rehabilitation period, and now she has normal life without any physical restrictions and oxygen masks.

      Source: Science & Technologies