CLINICAL OUTCOME OF RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION - FACTORS INFLUENCING PATIENT AND GRAFT-SURVIVAL

The 1-year graft survival rate for primary cadaver kidney transplants performed in the US during the past 9 years was 82%, and it was 94% wh en Living donor kidneys were transplanted. After the first year, howev er, half of the surviving cadaveric grafts will fail within 8 years. T his late rate has not changed substantially in the past 20 years. This article describes some of the factors that affect long-term graft and patient survival rates.