Lung transplantation, also called pulmonary transplantation, is a surgical procedure in which one or both lungs are replaced by lungs from a living or deceased donor, though a living donor can provide only a single lobe. Depending on the specific disease, a recipient may need only one replacement lung, while other conditions, such as cystic fibrosis, require both lungs to be replaced. The procedure carries inherent surgical risk but can extend life expectancy and improve quality of life for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease, and it is generally used as a treatment of last resort for severe, end-stage lung disease that has not responded to other treatment.
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How long did the first human lung transplant patient survive?
The first human lung transplant patient, in 1963, survived 18 days.
The first human lung transplant was performed by James D. Hardy at University Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on 11 June 1963. The patient survived only 18 days. Even so, the attempt opened a new era in the management of end-stage lung disease, and it took many further years of work on rejection and airway healing before lung transplants gave lasting survival.
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James Hardy of the University of Mississippi performed the first human lung transplant on June 11, 1963.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_transplantation, lead section
Lung transplantation, or pulmonary transplantation, is a surgical procedure in which one or both lungs are replaced by lungs from a donor.
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