Renal transplantation: a 20-year experience at the University of Florida.
Substantial gains have been made in both patient and graft survival during 20 years of transplanting kidneys at the University of Florida. The number of transplant recipients yearly has increased from six in 1966 to more than 100 in 1986. The use of immunosuppression reflects our evolving understanding of transplant immunology, with current morbidity and mortality rates considerably improved over those of the early years. This paper summarizes our transplantation experience over the past two decades.
Patton
P R
PR
Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
Howard
R J
RJ
Pfaff
W W
WW
Wynn
J J
JJ
Fennell
R S
RS
Finlayson
B
B
Newman
R C
RC
Peterson
J C
JC
Salomon
D R
DR
Scornik
J C
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006085:Graft Survival; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis