Complications in the native lung after single-lung transplants (SLTs) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) included pneumothorax, pulmonary aspergillosis, and acute exacerbation. Overall, ...

Some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may get a lung transplant as a way to help symptoms and be able to breathe more easily. The surgery doesn’t cure COPD but can help certain ...

Since implementation of a medical need-based allocation system of donor lungs in 2005, double-lung transplantation has been associated with better graft survival than single-lung transplantation in ...

Our Baylor Medicine surgeons are full-time faculty at the Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. All surgical procedures are performed at the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical ...

A pulmonary transplant (or lung transplant) is a surgical procedure in which a diseased lung is removed and replaced with a healthy lung from a donor. A lung transplant will often be recommended if a ...

Lungs Double lung transplantation appears to offer superior survival outcomes to single lung transplantation in patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis who are younger than 70 years. Individuals ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...