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A Florida honeymoon turned medical crisis after a cottonmouth bite left David Linton with stage-four pulmonary fibrosis, necessitating a life-saving double lung transplant; the couple faces ongoing medical and insurance hurdles as they plan the transplant.
Ben Askren returned to combat sports a year after his double lung transplant, losing 6-3 to Belal Muhammad at Real American Freestyle; ESPN noted he started strong but fatigued late, and he symbolically left his shoes on the mat after retiring from the bout. This was his first action since a 2021 Jake Paul boxing loss, and he finishes with a 19-2 MMA record (31-11 freestyle) and two-time Missouri national wrestling titles.
Chael Sonnen says he feels uncomfortable about Ben Askren’s planned return to competition at RAF 11 against Belal Muhammad, coming less than a year after Askren’s life-saving double-lung transplant; Muhammad vows to fight to win, while others like Joe Rogan have voiced concerns.
David Peterson, a Capitol Hill resident with Stage 4 lung cancer, received a rare double-lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine under the DREAM program—the only U.S. center offering this for Stage 4 cases. A JAMA study showed 100% one-year survival for transplant recipients versus about 40% for those who did not receive a transplant, underscoring the potential to dramatically extend life for patients with cancer confined to the lungs.
Former UFC welterweight champion Ben Askren returns to competition after a life-saving double lung transplant, set to face Belal Muhammad at RAF 11 on July 18 in Milwaukee, where Askren has served as a promoter/matchmaker; Muhammad seeks his first RAF win while also fighting in UFC Vegas 118 this weekend.
Northwestern surgeons used a total artificial lung (TAL) with dual blood flow and a flow-adaptive shunt to oxygenate blood after removing the patient’s infected lungs, keeping him alive for 48 hours until a donor double-lung transplant could be performed. The patient recovered with fully functioning lungs over time, suggesting TALs could be a lifesaving option for select severe ARDS cases and potentially be integrated into standard devices in the future.
Doctors in Chicago used a total artificial lung to keep a Missouri man alive after a rare infection liquefied his lungs. In a 12-hour operation involving about 15 clinicians, his lungs were removed and connected to an external artificial lung, allowing him to survive for 48 hours before receiving a donor lung transplant.
Davey Bauer, a 34-year-old man, underwent a remarkable double lung transplant after his lungs were completely removed due to a severe bacterial infection. During the surgery, an "artificial lung" and breast implants were used as placeholders to support his heart. The innovative surgeries, devised by Dr. Ankit Bharat and his team at Northwestern Medicine, kept Bauer alive until donor lungs became available. The case demonstrates the potential of new technology to sustain patients without lungs and offers hope for future transplant candidates. Bauer, now recovering, hopes his story inspires others to quit smoking or vaping.
Northwestern Medicine has successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with end-stage lung cancer using a new technique that minimizes the risk of cancer spreading during the procedure. The hospital is now launching a clinical program for people with end-stage lung disease, offering double lung transplants as a treatment option. The program will follow the outcomes of its first 75 patients who receive double lung transplants for lung cancer in a new research registry called DREAM.
Two patients with terminal stage 4 lung cancer have been cured after receiving a rare double lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine. The cancer did not spread beyond their lungs, making them perfect candidates for the operation. The new surgical technique involves putting the patient on full heart and lung bypass, delicately taking both cancer-ridden lungs out simultaneously along with the lymph nodes, washing the airways and the chest cavity to clear the cancer, and then putting new lungs in. The outcomes of the program's first 75 patients will be monitored in new research, called DREAM, to track the results of transplants.
Two people with stage IV lung cancer who had been told that they had only weeks or months to live are breathing freely after receiving double lung transplants, Northwestern Medicine in Chicago said Wednesday. A double lung transplantation offers a potentially lifesaving option for some people with a poor prognosis, but doctors say there are specific criteria a lung cancer patient must meet, including that the cancer is contained within the lungs and the person has tried all other treatment options.
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago have successfully performed double lung transplantations in two patients with stage 4 lung cancer, a novel treatment for certain late-stage lung cancers. The approach involves taking both cancerous lungs out of the body at the same time and replacing them with two healthy transplanted lungs, significantly reducing the risk of cancer cells contaminating the new organs or other parts of the body. The approach doesn’t apply to all stage 4 lung cancer patients, but only for those in whom cancer has spread from one lung to the other but has not spread beyond that.