Learn more from WebMD about lung transplantation surgery, including who may need it, how it's done, survival rates, and more.

Lung transplant surgery generally takes eight to 10 hours. It may take longer depending on whether you have had previous chest surgery and if you are receiving two lungs instead of one. You’ll be ...

Craig Scherer became the first patient to receive a lung transplant through a new initiative at the Phoenix Mayo Clinic.

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 ...

A representational image depicting a doctor performing a surgery in a hospital's operation room. — Unsplash/File In a first, world's completely robotic double lung transplant has been received ...

The surgery was performed at NYU Langone by Surgical Director Dr. Stephanie Chang, who led the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island ...

A German woman has a new lease on life after a novel approach to double-lung transplantation rid her of a deadly cancer. Cornelia Tischmacher, an art dealer and historian from Berlin, was ...

Two people with stage IV lung cancer who had been told that they had only weeks or months to live are breathing freely after receiving double lung transplants, Northwestern Medicine in Chicago ...

With nearly 1,000 people awaiting a lung transplant, Crosslin knows he's blessed. After battling cancer for nearly nine years, he said it appears he's now cancer free. "My lungs were full of cancer.

Lung cancer and post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) are the most common causes of cancer-related mortality. 75 Chronic immunosuppression, effects of previous cigarette smoking ...

Matt Cross of Midland spent last Christmas in recovery following a double-lung transplant surgery on Dec. 19. This year, he looks forward to celebrating at home while reflecting on life, family ...