III. Department of Surgery, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University and University Hospital Motol is currently the only lung transplant center in the Czech Republic. Since the beginning of the program in 1997, our specialists have performed more than 400 transplants in adults and children. 40-45 transplants are performed in our center every year with comparable results as in other high-volume top foreign centers. Since 2018, lung transplants have also been performed for patients from the Slovak Republic on the basis of an international agreement between the Ministries of Health.
In cooperation with colleagues from other specialties, we provide a comprehensive and individual treatment plan for patients with lung disease (especially with interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - COPD, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension), which ultimately leads to the need to replace the lungs destroyed by the disease with new ones .
Our primary goal is to restore your health, regardless of the disease that led to the need for a lung transplant. We try to return you to your daily activities with a transplant and make it yours life after lung transplantation(link) again excellent quality. Many strengths of the program help us in this:
- Exceptional results after lung transplantation:
We keep short-term and long-term results consistently comparable with the world's most experienced centers. We are able to achieve these results thanks to the cooperation of an experienced team of doctors, nurses and other medical staff.
- Comprehensive team care during the entire transplant process:
We offer comprehensive care and support at every step: During the pre-transplant examination process, while waiting for a new organ, during the transplant itself and the early postoperative period, and when returning to daily activities or even in case of complications associated with the condition after lung transplantation.
- Link to research:
As part of our involvement in the research activities of Charles University in Prague, our physicians conduct basic, translational and clinical research with the aim of improving care for patients after lung transplants. The result of cooperation between our workplace and the university is access to the latest advances in lung transplantation.
if You or your loved one, you will get into a situation where you need a lung transplant, our many years of expertise will provide you with the most advanced and appropriate care.