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The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. Its function is to exchange oxygen from air with carbon dioxide from blood. The process in which this happens is called "external respiration" or breathing. The mechanism by which lungs enable respiration is called diffusion. There are also nonrespiratory functions of the lungs. ... 
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An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. Organ donors can be living, or cadaveric (dead).
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Lungs as related to Lung Transplantation
- Lung transplantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lung transplantation is a surgical procedure in which a patient's diseased lungs ... transplant rejection and subsequent damage to the new lung or lungs, patients ...
- Lung Transplants - American Lung Association site
Lung failure happens when the lungs are damaged and unable to transfer oxygen ... American College of Chest Physicians -- A Guide to Lung Transplantation ...
- Lung Transplantation
Lung transplantation offers an option for treatment for patients with an ... This limits the geographic distribution of lungs for transplant. ...
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Lung Transplantation
A cadaveric lung transplant is when the lungs being transplanted are from ... donated lungs, the person must be near the top of a lung transplant waiting list ...
- Lung Transplantation
A lung transplant is a surgical procedure performed to remove one or both diseased lungs from a patient and replace it with a healthy one from another person.
- Lung transplantation
Lung transplantation involves removal of one or both diseased lungs from a ... lung transplantation involves implanting the lungs as two separate lungs, and ...
- Lung Transplant - University of Chicago Medical Center
... our lung transplant physicians are experienced in caring for patients with all types of advanced lung diseases. ... lungs that is the most common cause of ...
- Lung Transplantation
Lung transplantation has been provided at Cedars-Sinai ... diseased lung or lungs are removed from the recipient while the donor lung is being harvested. ...
- eMedicine - Lung Transplantation : Article by Sat Sharma
... the first human lung transplantation in 1963. Following a left lung ... similar to those achieved with conventional transplantation of cadaveric lungs. ...
- A Guide to Lung Transplantation
Lungs. 7. Other. 8. Benefits and Risks of Lung Transplantation. 8. Benefits. 8. Risks ... Why Are Lung Transplants Needed? What Lungs Do When They Are Healthy ...
- Lung Transplant, Lung Transplantation Patient Guide: Life After Lung ...
... lung transplant surgery. Prepared by the NewYork-Presbyterian Center for Lung ... your new lungs, putting you at greater risk for lung infections, including ...
- Lung Transplantation: Information from Answers.com
... Aftercare Risks Normal results Resources Lung Transplantation Definition Lung ... Lung transplantation involves removal of one or both diseased lungs from a ...
- Lung Transplant - UK HealthCare
Our surgeons now perform over 130 transplants each year. ... Lung transplant replaces one or both diseased lungs with the lungs from a healthy person. ...
- Lung Transplantation
Are Living-related Lung Transplants "Better"? Lobectomies ... to last, but I'd take five good years with these lungs over ten CF lung years. ...
- eMedicine - Lung Transplantation : Article by Albert Faro
... the University of Mississippi performed the first human lung transplantation in a 58-year-old convict serving a life ... newly transplanted lungs has been ...
- MedlinePlus: Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplantation. Lung transplantation is surgery to replace one or both diseased lungs with a ... How the Lungs Work(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) ...
- Lung Transplantation - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork ...
... what is involved in lung transplant surgery, and long-term outlook for a child ... or heart defects affecting the lungs (may require a heart-lung transplant) ...
- Lung Transplantation
Who is a candidate for a referral to a Lung Transplant Centre? ... How are lungs transplanted? What are some of the benefits of lung transplantation? ...
- Lung Transplant - Transplants - DukeHealth.org
Lung transplantation is a relatively recent therapeutic innovation, available at ... synergistically to treat the infection and keep it from affecting the new lungs. ...
- Lung Transplant - Preparation
A new lung or lungs will come from a person who is an organ donor. ... A transplant team removes the lungs from the donor and brings them to UCSF Medical Center. ...
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