title: 25 years of kidney transplantation in Hawaii.
abstract: The first kidney transplant in Hawaii was performed in August 1969. In the following 25 years, more than 433 kidney transplants were performed. The most common etiology leading to transplantation was chronic glomerulonephritis. Patient and graft survivals after a kidney transplant have progressively improved, particularly after the introduction of cyclosporine in 1984. The overall one-year patient and graft survival rates now are 96% and 85%, respectively; these results exceed the national averages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, John A. Bums School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Limm
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chinn
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000639:trends; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate