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Survival following organ transplantation in an Oklahoma institution, 1985-1993
D K Cooper1, E N Samara, L Mieles
1Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City 73112.
The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
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.