Connecting Radiology | Enabling collaboration and professional development

Trachea Trasplant 3D animation

In a transplant first, doctors in Hospital Clínic of Barcelona gave Claudia Lorena Castillo Sanchez, 30, a new windpipe. It was constructed from a donor trachea lined with Sanchez's own stem cells. Professor Paolo Macchiarini, Head of the thoracic surgery department of Hospital Clínic, has led the basic research and the international team formed by the universities of Bristol, Padua and Milan, who contributed to this success. This advance appered in the 2008 Time magazine Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs.

Posted for educational purposes, Source: Youtube.com