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Lung transplantation is a surgical procedure in which a patient's diseased lungs are partially or totally replaced by lungs which come from a donor. While lung transplants carry certain associated risks, they can also extend life expectancy and enhance the quality of life for end-stage pulmonary patients. Lung transplantation is the therapeutic measure of last resort for patients with end-stage lung disease who have exhausted all other available treatments without...


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Is Lung Transplantation possible & is it safe?
Both Lungs of a 60 Year old man have Failed. The doctors say there is...

lung transplant is possible and done a lot in the USA but i would not know about India.

Asked by Indian - 28 months ago

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  • lung transplantation following LVRS - 4 replies

    On Octobor 9,1997 I performed a single Lt lung transplantation in a patient who had undergone associated with the areas of stapplers and pericard, the entire transplantation took 2.5 hours from skin

    Nov 22, 2001

  • Double lung transplantation - 11 replies

    request asking for cards for a young lady who was waiting for a double lung transplant. Every card . Claudia had an operation on Thursday as she received a wonderful gift from a donor. A double lung

    Oct 11, 2008

  • Chest drainage after lung transplant - 1 replies

    When do you consider the appropriate time to remove the chest drains after lung transplantation? In our experience, the time of chest tube removal after lung transplantation ...

    Mar 27, 2007


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