A severe lung patient has been connected to Acme under full consciousness • Thanks to the new technology, the patient can be connected to a device in a way that will allow her to get surgery in the best way • Expert: "Breakthrough"
The patient who was connected to Acme in Beilinson
For the first time in Israel, a 49-year-old woman waiting for a lung transplant was connected to a unique Acme device that allows the patient to be mobile and walk while waiting for a transplant.
The device is expected to increase the chances of transplantation by tens of percent.
The patient, a mother of nine, who is at the top of the waiting list, the patient is fully conscious, talking, eating and also walking on her own in the ward while connected to the life-saving device.
The Echo device replaces the activity of the heart and health until they recover and in the past patients found on it were respirated and anesthetized.
The patient suffering from pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of the lungs), was connected in Beilinson by Dr. Yaron Barak and Dr. Danny Gurfil from the Beilinson Heart and Chest Surgery system to a unique Acme device, using a special tube that allows the unoxygenated blood to be removed from the body and returned oxygen to the patient .
Until now, patients who were connected to the Acme device were not mobile, but thanks to the new and groundbreaking technology used in the leading transplant centers in Canada, the United States and Europe, the patient can be connected to an Acme device that will allow her to achieve the best lung transplant.
Dr. Yaron Barak, director of the breast transplant unit, explains: "When patients arrive inactive, the results of the transplant are less good, the muscles thin and it is difficult for them to get rid of the soul.
The patient needs an urgent lung donation.
My dream that in two weeks I will be transplanted.
This is actually a new line of patient care.
A response that does not include anesthesia and the soul and the patients 'go to their transplant'. "Dr. Yaron Barak adds that" thanks to this method we open a new window, for the most difficult patients, candidates for lung transplantation to get the best transplant. "
Prof. Dan Aravut, director of the Beilinson Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, explains "Hospitals from all over the country are calling on us to help and treat the most difficult patients whose hearts or lungs have collapsed. It is important to understand that the Acemo machine is the last resort of these patients. "We work day and night to save the patient's life. Thanks to this groundbreaking technology, we can provide groundbreaking medicine for the most complex and difficult patients; experience gained after performing over 800 lung transplants and connecting hundreds of patients to the Acme device."
