title: Organ transplantation at the Medical University of Warsaw.
abstract: The Warsaw Transplant Center comprises 3 programs for transplantation of kidney, pancreas and liver. At the end of 2005, 3,616 kidney, 131 simultaneous pancreas kidney and 592 liver transplants had been performed. The one-year patient and graft survival rates were 92.8% and 91.1%, respectively, for 2,689 kidney transplants performed in 2001-2003 and the 5-year patient and graft survival rates were 91.4% and 77.1%, respectively, for 1,667 transplants performed in 1998-2001. The number of liver transplantations performed at the Medical University of Warsaw is growing. The gender distribution is well balanced and the most common age of the transplant recipients ranges from 41-50 years. The most common indications were post-hepatitis C and B cirrhosis and post-alcoholic cirrhosis. The average one-year mortality after liver transplantation was 9.8%. The results of liver transplantations at the Medical University of Warsaw are similar to those reported by other leading European centers. At present, 495 patients are alive with good liver function 1-8 years after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Transplantation, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paczek
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durlik
authors.forename: Andrze
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górski
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szmidt
authors.forename: Mieczyslaw
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lao
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walaszewski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rowinski
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Orlowski
mesh_terms: D006085:Graft Survival; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019520:Living Donors; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014181:Transplantation Immunology