U.S.: FIRST ARTIFICIALLUNG TRANSPLANT

First artificial lung transplant in the United States on a 5-year-old child, Owen Stark. The boy is the youngest person to have undergone this type of surgery. The boy, whose life was threatened by a condition that affects only 10 children in a million, received a device (novalung) used only outside the U.S. until now. The FDA gave its clearance to the procedure. .

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Lorenzo Briotti