Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve With New Treatment, Study Finds

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive protocols and better post-operative management, according to new study. Some of these patients are the longest surviving intestinal and multivisceral transplant recipients in the world, surviving more than 19 years post-transplant with excellent quality of life.

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