Survival analysis of renal transplant recipients in Kermanshah province(1989 – 2001)

Abstract

Background& Objective: The prevalence and annual incidence of end stage renal disease among 60 million Iranians is about 15000 and 3175 (53 patients per million), respectively. The first renal transplantation was performed in Shiraz, Iran in 1967. Iran has the most successful renal transplant program in the Middle East region. The renal transplant activity of the country has reached 24 renal transplants per million per year. The number of transplantation centers and transplantations have increased from 2 and 95 in 1986 to 21 and 951 in 1997, respectively. The kidney transplantation (KT) was started in Kermanshah , in 1989. Conflicting Survival rates of KT in Iran and world has been reported and there is no report from Kermanshah. In the present study, patient and graft survival rates of KT are reported.