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2A TIIK MOllGANTOW’N IM8T Thursday March It. 1*0FIRST INK HI KDavid Christian1.1 \f.I.M.ksTRANSPLANT Mrsin al her husband inMinneapolis alter he had undergone a double lung transplant tFPI Telephoto Heavy smoker gets two new lungsMINDavl■mnhvsN K A POL ISChristian victim whc it.* smokerMinnl. 4. “ was a wasCPI.■million trand W The k i dne\quite in alter lengthy it operationin a Caledonia. Wis factory • ml the father »l 10 children it surgery Tuesday alteration itved his seeoml new lung. i\.i it rImeni di.nl lale.1 man with a Tuesday and abegan the operation on Christian llaglm who described« bust I.in a. a quite heavy cigarette smoker «aid he and members of the surgical team decided in November to try the lung transplantllagtin said it took the surgesms eight hours to implant the left lung which functioned but not completely adequate l\ The doctors observed Christian tor tight hours to stabilize his heart functions before miplaniing the right lung The five-hour second operation ended at » .w a m CST W ritnesiLiN at llenneptn County General HospitalHaglin said the chances tor a complete recovery would be a '‘day to dav thing There have been about 25 lung transplants of different types around the world and none has been wh.il you would call glowingly successful.’’ llaglm said The longest any patient has survived is about to months, the rest rarely have Iin ed more than a month Christian s wile Patricia. ST was at the hospital throughout the operation The children who range in age Irani lour to 17. stayed with her parents in Marine Win
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Morgantown Post
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1970
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