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Lung transplant

For a lung transplant, the recipient's diseased lung is removed and replaced with the donated lung.

Primary Medical Reviewer Anne C. Poinier, MD
- Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC
- Urology
Last Updated January 24, 2008

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Last Updated: January 24, 2008
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