Lung transplant involves the removal of the damaged lung and replacement with a new healthy organ. To do the surgery, the doctor makes a cut in your side about 6 inches below your armpit. This cut is ...

Of course, lung transplant is as invasive of an operation ... allowing trapped air to escape and improve lung function. “There’s no incision or no cutting as we go to put the valves in.

Columnist Ann Reynoso, who's now preparing for a bilateral lung transplant, is counting on her strength and perseverance to ...

More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...

During open-heart valve surgery, the doctor makes a large incision in the chest. Blood is circulated outside of the body through a machine to add oxygen to it (cardiopulmonary bypass or heart-lung ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa triggers lung transplant rejection by killing regulatory T cells, revealing new targets for AMR ...

After being diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer which spread to his lungs, he's one of a dozen people who received a successful double-lung transplant through groundbreaking technology last ...

The UAB Lung Transplant Program aims to provide exceptional, comprehensive lung transplant care from an experienced team of specialists, including surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, dieticians, ...