Respirology, Lung & Chest Physicians

Lung Transplantation

Lung Transplantation or aspiratory transplantation is a surgery in which a patient's sick lungs are somewhat or completely supplanted by lungs which originate from a benefactor. Giver lungs can be recovered from a living contributor or an expired benefactor. A living benefactor can just give one lung flap. With some lung illnesses a beneficiary may just need to get a solitary lung. With other lung ailments, for example, cystic fibrosis it is basic that a beneficiary gets two lungs.

Lung Transplantation is an acknowledged methodology of treatment for cutting edge organize lung malady. Since the mid-1990s, in excess of 25,000 lung transplants have been performed at revolves the world over. The organization for human services arrangement and research in the United States has presumed that lLung Transplantation has developed as a clinical technique accomplishing an ideal hazard advantage proportion and worthy 1-and 2-year survival rates.

• Contraindication of lung transplant
• When a lung transplant is needed
• Types of transplant
• Living donors
• How to prepare for a lung transplant
• The lung transplant procedure
• The risks of a lung transplant