Lung Transplant Overview

Lung transplantation is a new treatment option for end stage lung disease. It was started by Dr James Hardy in 1963 from Mississippi, USA. It was the discovery of cyclosporine and development of better surgical techniques by the Toronto Lung transplant team that led to the success from 1980. This program started in India in 1999 by Dr K M Cherian from Chennai.

Lung Transplant at Yashoda Hospitals

Lung transplantation is a surgery where the disease lungs is replaced by a healthy lung. As everyone know that person with end stage lung disease will be oxygen dependent and will be inactive and will have poor quality of life. Above treatment option can improve the quality of life in terms of breathing freely without the long oxygen tubes and able to do the routine activities by himself.

Yashoda hospitals in Hyderabad started the program in 2020 and conducted more than 50 lung transplant and having several success stories from different parts of the India and latest being from Kerala. Our department of Heart and Lung transplant based in Yashoda hospitals, Secunderabad have a dedicated team of surgeons, physicians, anesthetist and intensivist and transplant co-ordinators to make sure that each patient is taken care and to make sure the journey is smooth till the patient discharge.

After lung transplant

After Lung transplantation, there is always increased risk of infection and rejections hence we make sure each patient consults us regularly to make sure that we diagnose it early. So, let’s all join together and be aware of this new treatment option and spread to those who require this new modality and make the patient gets new life and hope for end stage lung diseases.

FAQs about the lung transplant

A lung transplant can be a life-changing opportunity for those with severe lung conditions, offering improved health, increased vitality, and a chance for a better future.