Survival following organ transplantation in an Oklahoma institution, 1985-1993
Cooper, D.K.; Samara, E.N.; Mieles, L.; Merhav, H.; Imes, N.; Van Thiel, D.; Zuhdi, N.
Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association 87(11): 506-508
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-1876 PMID: 7815185 Document Number: 426427
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.