Also known as: Head laceration
A 41-year-old motorcycle daredevil presented with closed head wound and multiple injuries after riding without a helmet. He lost brainwaves and became an organ donor, with his lungs used for the experimental transplant.
Also known as: Stab wound to neck
The motorcycle patient had a penetrating neck wound in addition to his other injuries from the accident.
Also known as: Blocked intestine
Harper Avery presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a bowel obstruction requiring surgery. He insisted on being awake during the procedure. Post-operatively, he developed bowel perforation due to an allergic reaction to chromic suture.
Also known as: Abnormal bone growth causing deafness
Mrs. Nelson had been deaf for years due to otosclerosis (abnormal bone growth in the middle ear). Dr. Sloan performed surgery to remove the bones and restore her hearing after she was brought in from a car accident.
Mrs. Nelson had a ruptured tendon in her knee from the car accident that required surgical repair, keeping her off her feet for several weeks.
Also known as: Scarring of the lungs
Elliot Meyer developed pulmonary fibrosis as a side effect of radiation treatment for lymphoma. He required a lung transplant but was high-risk due to his cancer history. The team performed an experimental ex vivo lung repair and transplant using damaged donor lungs.
Also known as: Cancer of the lymphatic system
Elliot Meyer had previously survived both leukemia and lymphoma, which went into remission a year prior. The radiation treatment for lymphoma caused his subsequent pulmonary fibrosis.
Also known as: V-tach
Harper Avery went into ventricular tachycardia with no pulse during an emotional conversation with his grandson, requiring immediate resuscitation.