Successful kidney transplant can triple life expectancy.

Internal Medicine News,  June, 2005  by Brunk, Doug

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Long-term survival for patients who undergo kidney transplantation is significantly better than for patients who are listed for transplantation but remain on dialysis, results from a 10-year study have shown.

In fact, the projected life expectancy of a successful kidney transplant recipient is 17.19 years, while that of a patient on dialysis is only 5.84 years, Gabriel C. Oniscu, M.D., and his associates reported (J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. [e-pub ahead of print], April 27, 2005. Article DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2004121092).

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