Lung transplant after COVID-19 – Would there be a need for it in future?

Abstract

The coronavirus disease also known as COVID-19 was discovered at the end of 2019 following epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China. It leads to lung destruction at acute stage of the disease and, possibly, progressive lung destruction from extensive inflammatory process at the ground zero which is the lung. This will eventually lead to a permanent scaring of the lungs with reduction in the oxygenation of the lungs and eventually end-stage lung disease. The use of ventilations and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation does not seem to hold the ace in guaranteeing a long-term relieve, but lung transplant for the condition may be the solution in a long-term basis.