Lung Transplantation
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Description
Lung transplantation is the replacement of one or both diseased lungs with healthy lungs from a human donor. It is usually used as the last resort treatment for lung failure.
Sometimes heart and lung transplantation are performed at the same time (heart-lung transplant) if the patient's heart is also diseased.
Patients will require immuno-suppressive medications for the rest of their lives to prevent immune rejection of the transplanted lung.
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