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Liver Transplant Statistics

Program established

September 1985

Average waiting time

1.9 months vs 13.6 month nationally

Average length of stay

11 days

Youngest recipient

10 days

Longest surviving recipient

still living, 23 years (9/85)

Three-year survival rate

97%

Mortality rate while on waitlist 0.00  vs 0.11 nationally

45% of patients transplanted are
under two years of age

Number of Pediatric Transplants Performed Since 1985: 199

For more statistics about our Liver Transplant Program, please visit USTransplant.org.

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

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