The University of Pittsburgh: a three and three-quarter-year experience with cadaveric renal transplantation under the point system.
Eight hundred and sixty kidney transplants were performed at the University of Pittsburgh over a 3.75-year period between January 1, 1986 and October 19, 1989. Recipient selection was by means of a computerized point system designed to allocate organs equitably. Ninety-three percent 1-year patient survival and 74% 1-year graft survival were obtained in the overall group; 80% 1-year graft survival was obtained in patients receiving immunosuppression with CsA, azathioprine, and prednisone. These data serve as a measure of what can be achieved with an equitably based allocation system and can serve as a basis of comparison with other allocation protocols or new immunosuppressive regimens.
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Department of Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tzakis
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Fung
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Hakala
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Jordan
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Hickey
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Iwaki
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Starzl
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D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male