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Statistics

Program established -- 1970

Average length of stay (2005) -- 7 days

Average waiting time (2005) -- 4 months

Youngest recipient -- 9 months

Longest surviving recipient -- 39 years (1964)

Graft Survival:

Since 1990, this program performed 123 kidney transplants: 62 deceased donor and 61 living donor.

  • Overall graft survival @ 10 years -- 67%
  • Living donor survival at 1 year -- 98%
  • Living donor survival at 10 years -- 87% (50% survival time is 15.06 yrs)
  • Decesased donor survival @ 1 year -- 89%
  • Deceased donor survival @ 10 years -- 47% (50% survival time is 7.3 years)
  • Patient survival at 1 and 15 years is 92% (Kapan Meier survival statistics)

Number of Procedures:

Living Donor

Cadaver Donor

1970-1984

29

36

1985-1989

39

27

1990-2001

46

44

2002-2005

14

16

Total

128

123

St. Louis Children's Hospital is affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine.

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