Surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Two-year-old Owen Stark came to hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs. Physicians knew they had to act fast to save his life. They made several strategic and innovative decisions that led to the first successful use of an artificial lung in a toddler.