Macchiarini was convicted of unethically performing experimental surgeries, even on relatively healthy patients, resulting in fatalities for seven of the eight patients who received one of his synthetic trachea transplants.
Date: October 6th, 2026 3:52 PM Author: Big Dilemma
Sounds like these were all "right to try" situations for dead men walking (except for the Turkish chick with sweaty hands, which we clearly aren't hearing the full story). Then somebody sues and all the shyster lawyers pile on
Date: October 6th, 2026 3:58 PM Author: Exciting Weed Whacker
Turkish national Yesim Cetir underwent a routine surgery in 2011 to treat excessive sweating in her hands, but due to an error her trachea was severely injured and her left lung was damaged.[37][36]: 9 She came to Macchiarini at the KI for treatment, and in 2012 he first removed her left lung and replaced her trachea with a pipe, then replaced the pipe with a fully synthetic seeded trachea.[36]: 9 The next year the implant collapsed and Macchiarini replaced it with a second one.[36]: 9 Cetir had many complications from this procedure, remained in constant need of having her airway cleared, and suffered kidney failure.[36]: 9 In 2016 she underwent multiple organ transplants in the U.S., and her trachea was replaced with one from a cadaver.[36]: 9 Cetir died in March 2017.[41]