An international team of surgeons succeeded in transplanting the trachea of Cladio Castio who suffered from tuberculosis. The remarkable thing in this operation is that the transplanted tracheole was developed from the stem cells. The patient belonging to Columbia was admitted into a Barcelona hospital, for her left lung along with the left tracheole was completely damaged due to tuberculosis.A team of surgeons from various countries took to the challenge. They obtained the stem cells from the bone marrow of her thigh bone and developed a trachea tissue which was used for the repair of her tracheole.The operation was successfully conducted and the patient recovered.
Trachea before operation
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Trachea after operation
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