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Lung transplantation, or pulmonary transplantation, is a surgical procedure in which one or both lungs are replaced by lungs from a donor. Donor lungs can be ...
The device used is a membrane oxygenator, also known as an artificial lung. ECMO works by temporarily drawing blood from the body to allow artificial oxygenation of the red blood cells and removal of carbon dioxide. Generally, it is used either post-cardiopulmonary bypass or in late-stage treatment of a person with profound heart and/or lung ...
An artificial lung (AL) is an artificial organ that provides oxygenation of blood and removal of carbon dioxide from the blood. The AL is intended to take over some of the functionality of biological lungs .
In 2020, doctors diagnosed 17-year-old Josh Burton with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. He's now had two lung transplants.
Surgeons performed a double-lung transplant using breast implants in a man who developed a ... Reynolds' team at Duke similarly kept a patient alive without any lungs using artificial oxygen ...
The transplant institute performed 76 lung transplants in 2023. Just a few months ago, Chang was lauded for leading the first fully robotic lung transplant in the nation, using the novel technique ...
Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location.
An artificial organ is a human-made organ device or tissue that is implanted or integrated into a human – interfacing with living tissue – to replace a natural organ, to duplicate or augment a specific function or functions so the patient may return to a normal life as soon as possible. [1]