After USA and Canada, India also witnessed the country’s first “breathing lung transplant” on Saturday. After the Corona Virus pandemic, sensitive cases of lung disaster have increased at a huge rate, in this situation, being successful in the transplant of lungs is a great advantage for improving the health and medical treatment in India.
About the Surgery
On Saturday, Doctors at Secunderabad hospital operated a “breathing lung transplant” for the first time in India of a middle-aged patient. Which made Indians hope for more developed medical progress in the upcoming days in the country. The surgery was operated at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS). The patient was treated by Dr. Sandeep Attawar, the director of the Lung Transplant Program. He and his medical team of 50 experts have been working for almost 6 months to make this operation successful.
What is Breathing Lung Transplant?
The procedure that helps to improve the accessible time in between the harvest of the organ and the transplant is called Breathing Lung Transplant. In the process, the capability of the patient’s body also increases to receive the donated organ more smoothly by separating the infection and lower the “wastage” of lungs
What Happens In a Lung Transplant?
The system happens when a lung from another person is transferred to the patient who needs it with the help of a sealing machine that fixes the organ and strengthens it with a mixture of nutrients that consists of antibiotics and other necessary elements that separate all marks of the infection from the lung. The path of the air is cleared with the help of bronchoscopy and other tests operated on the damaged organ to evaluate it. After the lung is cooled down, it is transplanted into the patient. The complete procedure is observed sharply by a team of experts who also make notes of how good the lung is working.
When the operation is successful, the recipient receives an organ in a way better state that helps the patient’s body to take it easily and makes it long-lasting. Dr. Attawar said, by this procedure, the number of usable organs is increased by 30 percent.
The Doctor’s Words
As per Dr. Attawar, the process is part of the “organ regeneration concept” and can supply “best results in the long term”.
He further added, “Only a select few transplant institutions in the United States, Canada, and Austria take this approach to enhance lung transplant outcomes,” on the success of the transplantation.
