How successful are transplants?
More than 19,000 organ transplants are performed in the United States every year. Transplants have become a successful form of treatment for end-stage organ disease. Three-year patient success rates are estimated at 95 percent for kidney transplants, 92 percent for pancreas, 91 percent for heart transplants, 90 percent for liver transplants, 81 percent for heart-lung transplants, and 76 percent for lung transplants.
