Meanwhile, the Stanford team continued to exceed expected survival for shorter- terms as well.
“Our outstanding record of early success in the first year of transplantation and our attentive ongoing care are yielding outstanding longer-term results,” said surgeon Stèphan Busque and nephrologist John D. Scandling, co-leaders of the Adult Kidney Transplant Team, in a memo written in February to thank colleagues.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) reported in January that the 151 adult patients who underwent kidney transplantation at Stanford between Jan. 1, 2001 and June 30, 2003 had a three-year organ survival rate of 96.61 percent, the highest in the nation and more than 7 percent greater than the 89.12 percent expected survival rate based on patient characteristics. Among 239 active U.S. kidney transplant centers, the three-year organ survival rate was 82.50 percent. Only 13 centers, including Stanford, achieved organ survival rates better than expected, the SRTR reported.
In addition, the two physicians noted that Stanford had the best three-year patient survival - 98.43 percent vs. 90.48 percent nationally.
Stanford continued to show excellent short-term results, the team leaders said. The one-year organ survival rate of 171 adult kidney transplant patients between July 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2005 was 94.92 percent, compared with 91.86 percent nationally.
In his March 26 e-newsletter, Dean Philip A. Pizzo said, “this service continues to do a wonderful job and they deserve our thanks and admiration.”
For further information from the SRTR, go their website: www.ustransplant.org
