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Highlights
Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program at WFUBMC One of top 15 in Country
For the fifth consecutive year, the Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has performed more than 100 transplants.
In 2006, a total of 138 patients received transplants, which ranks Wake Forest Baptist among the top 35 most active kidney and top 15 most active pancreas transplant centers in the country.
WFUBMC Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program in the Top 10 in Survival Rates
The overall patient, kidney and pancreas graft survival rates for patients receiving transplants in 2006 were 98 percent, 96 percent and 91 percent, respectively. Within the University Health Consortium, a group of 97 academic medical centers, Wake Forest Baptist’s program is in the top 10 in survival statistics. When compared to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients national statistics, the Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program’s observed survival data have consistently surpassed expected survival outcomes.
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