Kidney transplantation. Modern trends in kidney transplantation

Abstract

Trends in renal transplantation stem from recognition of the virtues and drawbacks of this kind of treatment and from a better appreciation of the interrelationship between transplantation and dialysis.

Fig. 1

Life survival curves of patientr treated with primary related homografts during five intervals from 1962 to the summer of 1972. Arrows show time of minimum follow-up. Description of sofibs is in Table 1.

Fig. 2

Life survival curves after transplantation of nonrelated kidneys during the same five time periods as in Fig. 1. Description of series is in Table 1. Arrows show time of minimum follow-up.