Procedures and Treatments

• Cadaveric Lung Transplant
  An incision is made on the side of the chest. If the patient’s blood pressure and oxygen saturation fall while the blood vessels to the lung on that side are temporarily clamped, tubes will be inserted to connect to the heart-lung machine. Click for more...

• Living Lobar Lung Transplant
  Lobar lung transplantation is becoming an alternative for those patients who are too critically ill to survive the waiting list for cadaveric donors. The donors are friends or family members of the patient. There are two donors, each donating a lobe to the recipient. Click for more...

• Bronchoscopy
  For those having heart-lung or lung transplants, periodic bronchoscopies are done to assess your new lung(s) for signs of infection and/or rejections. The bronchoscopy is done in the bronchoscopy suite, operating room or at your bedside. Click for more...

• Photopheresis
  One of the new procedures in treating rejection is Photopheresis. It is used to treat acute and chronic rejection in organ transplants. The procedure is done as an outpatient basis and lasts approximately 3 hours. Click for more...