Kidney Transplant: Why Children's
Surgeons with the Kidney Transplant Program at Children's have performed more than 350 pediatric kidney transplants since the program started in 1979.
Program services include:
- Evaluation of potential transplant candidates
- Evaluation of potential living donors
- Transplantation of a deceased donor or living donor kidney
- Continued care and management of transplant recipients
Kidney Transplantation at Children's - 2007 to 2010 | |||||
| Total Transplants | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| All Ages | 389 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 19 |
| 1-5 Years | 65 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 6-10 Years | 99 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 11-17 Years | 197 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 14 |
| 18 and Older | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Children's has consistently been a leader in the number of pediatric kidney transplants performed in Texas.
