ELi5: How are lung transplants performed? How is oxygen still pumped into the patient’s blood, when the lungs are literally removed from the body?

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Modern medicine is incredible in so many ways. This is just a random question I was curious about. Can any surgeons or doctors explain the process, step by step? Thanks. 🙂

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There is a machine that the surgeon hooks up to the circulatory system that handles the function of the heart and lungs until they are done with the surgery. I got to assist the anesthesia doctor with running the machine it was awesome. Interviewing the patient before the surgery and getting to talk to him after was amazing.

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