title: An overview of solid organ transplantation.
abstract: Once a medical curiosity, solid organ transplantation is now a commonplace occurrence, with more than 27,000 procedures performed in the United States in 2004 alone. This article offers an overview of the various solid organ transplant procedures to provide a context within which subsequent articles on pulmonary complications can be viewed.
authors.affiliation: Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Roy D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.forename: Lee R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Andrew Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Faust
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kotloff
mesh_terms: D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation