Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit Undergoes Successful Lung Transplant at 52
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit Undergoes Successful Lung Transplant at 52
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17
Summary
Oslo doctors said Mette-Marit’s lung transplant was successful, with the 52-year-old crown princess expected to remain in hospital for several weeks under standard post-surgery observation.
Her operation followed a sharp decline from pulmonary fibrosis, diagnosed in 2018; the palace had placed her on the transplant list 12 days earlier after doctors warned her condition had become significant and dangerous.
Prince Haakon will scale back official duties to support her recovery, which doctors said will be delicate because transplant recipients need lifelong immunosuppressive treatment.
Doctors underscored the risks around the procedure: one in eight donor-lung recipients die within the first year, while about half are alive after 10 years.
The surgery brings rare good news for Norway’s royals after a difficult year that also saw Mette-Marit’s son Marius Borg Høiby sentenced to four years in prison.