Doctors save Canadian woman's life by removing her lungs for six days Medicine | The Guardian

Doctors save Canadian woman's life by removing her lungs for six days

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:47 PM PST

Melissa Benoit's terminal lung infection called for risky and unprecedented procedure while she waited for double transplant at Toronto hospital

In what is believed to be the first procedure of its kind in the world, doctors in Canada have saved a young mother's life by resorting to a radical solution – they removed her lungs for six days while she waited for a transplant.

In April, Melissa Benoit arrived at a Toronto hospital with a severe lung infection. Doctors soon realised that Benoit, who had been born with cystic fibrosis, had just hours to live, leading them to consider the unprecedented approach.

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Doctors save Canadian woman's life by removing her lungs for six days Medicine | The Guardian

Doctors save Canadian woman's life by removing her lungs for six days Medicine | The Guardian