Increased survival time of renal allograft recipients
Byer, B.J.; Hoy, W.E.; May, A.G.; Knutson, D.W.
New York State Journal of Medicine 85(9): 534-538
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-7628 PMID: 3903568 Document Number: 262810
Improved patient and renal allograft survival was observed for 139 transplants performed at the University of Rochester Medical Center from 1977 through 1982, as compared with earlier experience. Improved results may be due to better crossmatching techniques, preoperative blood transfusions, prospective use of mixed lymphocyte cultures for transplants from living related donors, donor-specific transfusions in patients with a stimulatory mixed lymphocyte culture, and the use of anti-thymocyte globulin to treat rejections. These data compare favorably with the published results of larger centers, although we cannot know with certainty whether or not the case mix differed substantially from that of the larger centers.