Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
lung transplantation
lung trans·plan·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Pulmonary Surgical Procedures;
Organ Transplantation
Definitions related to lung transplantation:
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A lung transplant removes a person's diseased lung and replaces it with a healthy one. The healthy lung comes from a donor who has died. Some people get one lung during a transplant. Other people get two. Lung transplants are used for people who are likely to die from lung disease within 1 to 2 years. Their conditions are so severe that other treatments, such as medicines or breathing devices, no longer work. Lung transplants most often are used to treat people who have severe COPD; Cystic fibrosis; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Pulmonary hypertension . Complications of lung transplantation include rejection of the transplanted lung and infection. NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteMedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The surgical transfer of one or both lungs from one individual to another.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The transference of either one or both of the lungs from one human or animal to another.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Transference of lung between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Lung transplantation is an accepted modality of treatment for advanced stage lung disease. Since the early 1990s, more than 25,000 lung transplants have been performed at centers around the world.WebMD, 2019
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In a lung biopsy, doctors remove very small lung tissue samples to test for signs of rejection and infection. This test may be conducted during a bronchoscopy, in which a doctor inserts a small, flexible tube through the mouth or nose into the lungs.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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