The 12th Report of the Human Renal Transplant Registry. Prepared by the Advisory Committee to the Renal Transplant Registry

Abstract

This report, the 12th, from the Renal Transplant Registry summarizes current results of kidney transplantation in man. There has been a trend toward increasing use of cadaveric sources for kidney transplantation. Results are summarized in five-year life-table analyses of recipient survival and graft function. Also, a summary of the results of special studies is provided. These include preparation of the recipient for transplantation by nephrectomy in various disease states, comparison of simple flushing with machine perfusion in cadaveric kidney storage, results of transplantation in the pediatric recipient, and the development of malignant neoplasm in graft recipients. A large study relating typing to graft function presents information at some variance from previous reports published in the United States.