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Clinical Outcomes
Number of Transplants
The following table summarizes the number of transplants performed by organ at Northwestern Memorial Hospital per year.
| Transplants by Organ | 2007 | 2008 |
| Kidney | 246 | 245 |
| Living Donor Kidney | 142 | 166 |
| Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney | 22 | 15 |
| Pancreas | 5 | 16 |
| Liver | 114 | 107 |
| Living Donor Liver | 12 | 3 |
Source: UNOS.org
Based on OPTN Data as of May 1, 2009
U.S. Transplants Performed: January 1, 1988 – February 28, 2009
Patient Survival
Transplant patient and graft outcomes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital continue to be excellent and compare favorably with local, regional and national statistics. The following table lists the first year patient and graft (organ) survival by organ at Northwestern Memorial.
| Transplants by Organ | 1 Yr Patient Survival |
1 Yr Graft Survival |
| Kidney | 97.31% | 94.15% |
| Living Donor Kidney | 98.30% | 95.14% |
| Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney | 94.19% | 90.77% (pancreas) 94.30% (kidney) |
| Pancreas | 94.74% | 80.77% |
| Liver | 87.18% | 81.29% |
| Living Donor Liver | 88.80% | 80.67% |
Source: USTRANSPLANT.org
Report Published January 2009
Based on patients receiving their first transplant between 7/1/2005 and 12/31/2007
Northwestern Memorial's Transplant Growth
- Largest living donor kidney transplant program in the country
- For the second consecutive year, Northwestern Memorial was the largest living donor kidney transplant program in the country, performing 166 living donor kidney transplants in 2008.
- All donor surgeries are performed using the laparoscopic procedure.
- Largest and most successful kidney transplant program in Illinois and one of the largest in the Midwest
- More than 2,700 kidney transplants have been performed at Northwestern Memorial since the program’s inception.
- 245 kidney transplants were performed in 2008.
- Largest and most successful liver transplant program in Illinois and one of the largest in the Midwest
- More than 1,000 liver transplants have been performed at Northwestern Memorial since the program’s inception.
- 107 liver transplants were performed in 2008.
- 110 living donor liver transplants have been performed since 1993, the most of any transplant center in Illinois.
- Largest and most successful pancreas transplant program in Illinois
- Northwestern Memorial performed 31 pancreas transplants in 2008.
