How Northwestern Medicine successfully performed double-lung and liver transplant for lung cancer patient
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Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Transplant Center, joins John Williams to talk about performing the first double-lung and liver transplant for advanced lung cancer in the U.S. Dr. Nadig tells John about the procedure, how transplants are dependent on ‘man’s humanity to man,’ the importance of organ donations, how concerned they were about performing the procedure successfully, how many people were involved, and the prognosis for the patient moving forward.
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