lung transplant
Respiratory organ swap
A lung transplant is the surgical replacement of a diseased or failing lung with a healthy lung from a donor.
Recipients typically have severe conditions like pulmonary fibrosis, COPD, or cystic fibrosis.
Double lung transplants replace both lungs: She's been on the waiting list for a lung transplant for two years.
- emphysemaDamaged lung air sacs
- tissue matchingAssessing biological compatibility for transplants
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- cystic fibrosisGenetic disorder thickening mucus
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
donor matching · donor · organ donation · waitlist · living donors · organ donor card · rejection · breath · surgery · alveoli · ethical dilemmas · immunosuppressants · ICU · recovery time · bioprinting · hypoxia · organ · infection prevention
- organ transplantsorgan donation, living donor, deceased donor, waiting list, donor registry
- Lungslungs, bronchi, bronchus, alveoli, airways
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- transplantsorgan donation, allograft, autograft, autotransplant, xenotransplant
- chest procedurespneumonectomy, lobectomy, thoracotomy, sternotomy, pericardiocentesis
- graftsallograft, autograft, bone graft, skin graft, xenograft
lung transplantmechanical ventilation
Machine-assisted breathing support
ventilator · palliative care · pneumonectomy · organ harvesting · iron lung
lung transplanthospice care
End-of-life medical comfort
palliative care · comfort care · death acceptance · do not resuscitate · letting nature take its course