{"id":27554,"date":"2021-08-13T09:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T07:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=27554"},"modified":"2021-08-16T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:32:21","slug":"first-covid-19-related-lung-transplant-surgery-performed-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2021\/08\/first-covid-19-related-lung-transplant-surgery-performed-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"First COVID-19 related lung transplant surgery performed in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\">Life saving lung transplantation surgery was performed on a 41-year-old patient. His lungs were damaged by COVID-19 infection to the point that he needed ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) treatment before surgery. The procedure was carried out by dr. Ferenc R\u00e9nyi-V\u00e1mos, Director of Semmelweis University&#8217;s Department of Thoracic Surgery at the National Institute of Oncology. After the successful procedure and rehabilitation, the patient was taken to Semmelweis University&#8217;s Department Pulmonology.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27556 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/files\/2021\/08\/RS137547_C19A5965-scr-267x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/>The 41-year-old man was transferred to the emergency care unit of the National Kor\u00e1nyi Institute due to a life-threatening condition caused by COVID-19 in March. He needed breathing support from a mechanical ventilator and received ECMO treatment later, which has been supplying his body with oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the coronavirus infection caused irreversible damage to his lungs, he was accepted on the Eurotransplant emergency waiting list&#8221;, said dr. Ferenc R\u00e9nyi-V\u00e1mos, Director of Semmelweis University&#8217;s Department of Thoracic Surgery who performed the lung transplantation at the National Institute of Oncology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fontos_div\">\n<p>&#8220;The number of lung transplant surgeries related to the coronavirus has been lo worldwide, and this case was the first in Hungary&#8221;, added dr. R\u00e9nyi-V\u00e1mos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the successful operation, the patient was assigned to the National Kor\u00e1nyi Institute for rehabilitation and later was transferred to the Department of Pulmonology to receive aftercare. This unit is the only national center providing aftercare service for adults since 2008.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27557 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/files\/2021\/08\/RS85201_IMG_0808-scr-262x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"400\" \/>&#8220;Lung transplant patients require intensive, diverse medical assistance for the rest of their lives.\u00a0 Lung transplant recipients have a higher risk of infections, therefore they have to make sure to schedule routine check-ups with a physician to monitor the condition of the transplanted lung and to adjust anti-rejection medication&#8221;, pointed out dr. Veronika M\u00fcller, director of the Department of Pulmonology.<\/p>\n<p>She added that aftercare is a well-coordinated teamwork with the active and collaborative participation of department&#8217;s all healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Results of the patient&#8217;s latest medical check-up showed that he was in good condition. Dr. M\u00fcller emphasized that his case shows why it is essential to provide opportunity for more patients suffering from pulmonary diseases to be included in the waiting list country-wide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e1lma Dobozi<br \/>\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Semmelweis University<br \/>\nTranslation: Norbert Luk\u00e1cs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The procedure was carried out by dr. Ferenc R\u00e9nyi-V\u00e1mos, director of the Thoracic Surgery Department\u00a0of Semmelweis University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101920,"featured_media":27555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27554"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27565,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions\/27565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}