Scandiatransplant report 2009

Scandiatransplant is the Nordic organ exchange organization that has existed for 41 years by a close collaboration between transplant centers. It has been valuable to ensure the optimal usage of available organs for transplantation. Analyzing the database for the past 15 years (1995-2009) revealed that the fraction of organ donors in the age category 60 to 90 years has increased considerably. The number of retrieved organs from deceased donors increased for kidney, liver, and lungs but only slightly for hearts. In the last time period, the mean number of organs retrieved per deceased donor counting only those having a recipient increased to 3.7 for younger donors and to 2.6 from the older group. In 2009, the STAMP (Scandiatransplant acceptable mismatch program) was launched to help highly immunized kidney patients. In 2009, kidney transplantations exhibited for Norway, 60 per million people (pmp); more than 40 pmp for Sweden and for Denmark; approximately 35 pmp for Finland; and more than 20 pmp for the living donor kidney transplantations in Iceland. The best year ever within Scandiatransplant with respect to total number of organ transplantations from deceased and living donors was 2009.