Survival following organ transplantation in an Oklahoma institution, 1985-1993.
Since 1985, a total of 413 patients have undergone 439 solid organ transplants at the authors' institution. The current actuarial one-year survival rate of patients undergoing heart, kidney, lung, or liver transplantation at our center is 94%, 90%, 87%, and 91%, respectively. Five-year survival of heart and kidney recipients is 80% and 75%, respectively. In view of these excellent results and the excellent quality of life that successful organ transplants provide patients with end-stage organ failure, every possible effort should be made to increase organ donation.
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Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City 73112.
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D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015996:Survival Rate; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement