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Lung transplantation is the therapeutic measure of last resort for patients with end-stage lung disease who have exhausted all other available treatments without improvement. A variety of conditions may make such surgery necessary. As of 2005, the most common reasons for lung transplantation in the United States were: [2]
Prior to operating on the recipient, the transplant surgeon inspects the donor lung(s) for signs of damage or disease. If the lung or lungs are approved, then the recipient is connected to an IV line and various monitoring equipment, including pulse oximetry. The patient will be given general anesthesia, and a machine will breathe for them. [1]
A 22-year-old man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days. Jackson Allard, a North Dakota resident, went to the emergency room for a stomach ...
These were all experiences that would not have been possible without the transplant. [13] [17] By 2000, Harefield ran the largest heart and lung transplant programme in the world. Yacoub and his team went on to perform more than 3,000 heart and heart–lung transplants. [13] [18] Morris retired at the age of 65 and outlived his wife Beryl. [4]
Mr Allard’s condition eventually improved, and he had surgery for a double lung transplant in early January and was later able to come off the life support machine after being on it for 70 days.
There is no reliable estimate of life expectancy for people with PCD. [21] However, there is evidence that PCD, is a life altering [22] life shortening [23] multi-system condition, with some people progressing to lung transplant. [24] [25] [26] [27]
Life Comments Date of transplant Survival Reference Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90]
Lung transplant is defined as ‘an operation to remove and replace a diseased lung with a healthy human lung from a donor. A donor is most commonly known to be a deceased person, however, in very rare cases a section of the lung that is required for a patient can be transplanted from a living donor.