This is a surgery to remove severely damage lungs. The are replaced with healthy lungs from a deceased donor. One or both lungs may be transplanted. In some cases, a heart transplant is done at the same time. In that case, the procedure is called a heart-lung transplant. A lung transplant is done to treat irreversible, life-threatening lung disease, such as, Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (a genetic disorder), or severe scarring or inflammation of the bronchioles (smallest airways). Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have risk, like, infection, bleeding, rejection of the lung (your body’s immune system attacks the new lungs), anesthesia related problems and even death. Before you have a lung transplant, you will go through an intensive evaluation. You will have some or all of the following test, physical exam, blood test, tissue typing, chest CT scan which is to look at the lung structure, and echocardiogram which is to examine the size, shape, and motion of the
This is a surgery to remove severely damage lungs. The are replaced with healthy lungs from a deceased donor. One or both lungs may be transplanted. In some cases, a heart transplant is done at the same time. In that case, the procedure is called a heart-lung transplant. A lung transplant is done to treat irreversible, life-threatening lung disease, such as, Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (a genetic disorder), or severe scarring or inflammation of the bronchioles (smallest airways). Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have risk, like, infection, bleeding, rejection of the lung (your body’s immune system attacks the new lungs), anesthesia related problems and even death. Before you have a lung transplant, you will go through an intensive evaluation. You will have some or all of the following test, physical exam, blood test, tissue typing, chest CT scan which is to look at the lung structure, and echocardiogram which is to examine the size, shape, and motion of the