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Kidney transplant program

Pediatric kidney transplant volumes

The pediatric kidney transplant program at Children’s Memorial Hospital has performed a total of 541 kidney transplants, including living and deceased donor transplants, since the program’s inception in 1964. This number places Children's Memorial among the national leaders in volumes. 

Figure 1: This graph represents the number of pediatric kidney transplants, including living and deceased donor transplants, performed by Children’s Memorial Hospital on all patients from January 2003 through November 2008 as reported by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). For more information on transplant volumes, see www.unos.org.

Data Source: United Network for Organ Sharing

 

 

Figure 2: This graph represents the number of pediatric kidney transplants performed on all patients by age from January 1988, when the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) began tracking the data, through November 2008. For more information on transplant volumes, see www.unos.org.

Data Source: United Network for Organ Sharing


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