title: Comparative survival of 673 patients with chronic uremia treated with renal transplantation (RT) and maintenance hemodialysis (MD).
abstract: We performed a retrospective analysis of 673 patients with chronic uremia treated from 1973 through 1978. While MD had a high mortality during the first year, overall mortality was less than 50% in 5 yrs. Diabetics treated by MD have lower survival than do nondiabetics, though 14% may live for 4 yrs. Our local experience with RT has not been good with only 17% of 69 patients living through their third post-transplant year. Until the reasons(s) for our unsatisfactory transplant experience is discerned and remedies introduced, it can be expected that patient preference will be biased toward MD.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014511:Uremia / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*