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STOCKHOLM — A 36-year-old man who had tracheal cancer has received a new lab-made windpipe seeded with his own stem cells in a procedure in Sweden called the first successful attempt of its kind, officials said Thursday.
The Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm said the surgery was performed June 9 and that the patient is on his way to a “full recovery.” He is to be released from a hospital today.
Karolinska said the patient, whose late-stage cancer had almost fully blocked his windpipe, had no other options because no suitable donor windpipes were available.
