Organ transplantation at the Medical University of Warsaw

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.