A group of doctors at Mari Lannlong Medical Center based near Paris, France, led by Professor Philipp Dartevil, recently successfully performed the surgery to restore the trachea of a cancer patient.
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Professor Dartevil stressed that this is the first case in the world that doctors have created a new windpipe to replace the trachea of a person with cancer by surgery.
Usually, malignant tumors in the windpipe often lead to suffocation, which causes death. The methodology used to conduct these surgeries has been studied since 2004.
The main task of the doctors is to use the patient's 9x12cm forearm skin tissue to create a new windpipe to replace the cancerous trachea.
Before transplanting into the patient's body, this skin tissue is made " more " by cartilage taken from the patient's ribs.
Doctors hope this is the optimal method to help eliminate grafting.