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  2. Lung transplantation - Wikipedia

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    In a single-lung transplant the process starts out after the donor lung has been inspected and the decision to accept the donor lung for the patient has been made. An incision is generally made from under the shoulder blade around the chest, ending near the sternum. An alternate method involves an incision under the breastbone. [2]

  3. Transfusion-related acute lung injury - Wikipedia

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    Chest X-ray of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) compared to chest X-ray of the same person after treatment. TRALI is defined as an acute lung injury that is temporally related to a blood transfusion; specifically, it occurs within the first six hours following a transfusion. [16]

  4. Bronchiolitis obliterans - Wikipedia

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    A lung transplant may be offered. [4] Outcomes are often poor, with most people dying in months to years. [4] Bronchiolitis obliterans is rare in the general population. [4] It, however, affects about 75% of people by ten years following a lung transplant and up to 10% of people who have received a bone marrow transplant from someone else. [4]

  5. After two lung transplants and long recovery, Lexington mom ...

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    “I have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and I’m so glad my Northwestern Medicine lung transplant team could get me home to share that gratitude with my family, my friends, and the ...

  6. Pulmonary laceration - Wikipedia

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    Complications are not common but include infection, lung abscess, and bronchopleural fistula (a fistula between the pleural space and the bronchial tree). [4] A bronchopleural fistula results when there is a communication between the laceration, a bronchiole, and the pleura; it can cause air to leak into the pleural space despite the placement of a chest tube. [4]

  7. A 22-year-old man who vaped required a double lung transplant ...

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    A 22-year-old man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days. Jackson Allard, a North Dakota resident, went to the emergency room for a stomach ...

  8. After two lung transplants, he’s an all-star catcher playing ...

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    After two double lung transplants, Christian Lupo is an all-star with the over-60 classic division of the Central Carolina MSBL. But Lupo did manage two hits in eight at-bats. And he did throw out ...

  9. Lung surgery - Wikipedia

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    Lung surgery is a type of thoracic surgery involving the repair or removal of lung tissue, [1] and can be used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from lung cancer to pulmonary hypertension. Common operations include anatomic and nonanatomic resections, pleurodesis and lung transplants .