The state of the international organ trade: a provisional picture based on integration of available information
Yosuke Shimazono
Volume 85, Number 12, December 2007, 955-962
Table 3. Patient and graft survival rates indicated in studies reporting the outcome of overseas kidney transplantation, 1997–2006
| First author | Period | Origin | Number of patients | Country of transplant (number) | Patient survival(1 year) | Graft survival(1 year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akpolat |
1991–1994 | Turkey | 12 | India | NR | 91.7% |
| Al-Wakeel |
1991–1996 | Saudi Arabia | 57 | Egypt (14) India (37)Pakistan (1)USA (5) | 93.7% | 93% |
| Ben Hamida |
1995–1999 | Tunisia | 20 | Egypt (3)Iraq (14)Pakistan (3) | 93.1% | 85.4% |
| Colakugol |
1991–1995 | Turkey | 127 | India | 93% | 83% |
| Frishberg |
1998(3 years) | Israel | 18 (paediatric) | Iraq | 94.4% | 83.3% |
| Inston |
– | UK | 23 | India (73%) and other Asian countries | a | |
| 6 | Indian subcontinent | b | ||||
| Ivanovski |
10 years through 2005 | Kosovo |
16 | India (15)Nepal (1) | 78.6% | 78.6% |
| Kennedy |
1990–2004 | Australia | 16 | China (7)Eastern Europe (1)India (4)Iraq (1)Lebanon (2)Philippines (1) | 85% | 66% |
| Kucuk |
1978–2001 | Turkey | 154 | India, Iran or Iraq | 95% | 90% |
| 304 | Local live donor transplantation | 95% | 93% | |||
| Living Non-related Transplant Study Group |
1978–1993 | Saudi Arabia | 540 | India | 97% | 90% |
| 75 | Local donors | 95% | 90% | |||
| Morad |
1990–1996 | Malaysia | 389 | India | 93% | 90% |
| 126 | China | 92% | 90% | |||
| 258 | Local related live donor | 96% | 91% | |||
| Sever |
1992–1999 | Turkey | 115 | India (106)Iran (2)Iraq (7) | 90% (2 years) | 84% (2 years) |
| Sun |
1984–2004 | Taiwan, China | 31 | China | 100% | 100% |
| 34 | Local cadaveric transplants | 100% | 100% | |||
a Eight patients died shortly after their return and five others lost their kidneys. The overall successful transplant rate was 44% in the short term.b Four patients died shortly after their return, due to sepsis and multi-organ failure.