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Progress in kidney transplants since 1951
Washington report notes kidney transplants have become an effective treatment for some conditions while other organs remain experimental. Since 1951, 12,389 kidney transplants have been reported. 10,357 patients followed show 47.6 percent alive with a working kidney and 18.2 percent alive by machine support. The advisory panel cites improved long term function and survival, with 62 pregnancies among recipients, but warns the procedure is not perfected. Hearts show poorer outlook with 202 transplants through 1972 and only 26 survivors by early 1973.
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