Current results and expectations of renal transplantation.
Results of renal transplantation performed at seven centers during the years 1977 and 1978 were evaluated. One-year patient survival rates for recipients of living related and cadaver grafts were 95.1% and 88.6%, respectively. One-year graft survival rates were 78.6% and 55% for living-related and cadaver transplants. Postoperative surgical complication rates were low. These results reflect recent improvements in patient care and characterize current performance expectations of renal transplant centers.
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009026:Mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014481:United States