In a region first, robotic lung transplants in Abu Dhabi

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has made history by performing the Gulf region's first-ever robotic lung transplant making it one of the five centres in the world to have performed this surgery.

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With this landmark complex surgery, two patients have now successfully undergone robotic lung transplants, marking a major milestone in the region's advanced surgical and organ transplant capabilities.

Both patients had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) as well as secondary pulmonary hypertension, a progressive condition that gradually scars the lungs and makes breathing increasingly difficult.

Dr. Usman Ahmad, Chair of Thoracic Surgery, performed the complex robotic procedures along with a multidisciplinary team of experts, including Drs. Yusuf Bayrak, Andres Obeso, Binu Esaw, Arun Kumar, and pulmonary experts including Drs. Fadi Hamed, Said Isse and Miriam Mihalechkova.