Accession Number:

AD0656691

Title:

HUMAN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION AT WILFORD HALL USAF HOSPITAL.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jun 65-Dec 66,

Corporate Author:

WILFORD HALL HOSPITAL (AIR FORCE) LACKLAND AFB TEX

Personal Author(s):

• McPhaul,John J. , Jr.
• Harvin,James S.
• Robinson,Jack R.

Report Date:

1967-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

Chronic renal disease accounts for a large number of deaths annually in the United States. Renal allografting may become a clinically applicable method of therapy, but it is still an investigative technique limited to use in large medical centers because of the extensive support required from medical and nursing personnel. A series of 22 allografts was performed in 20 patients at Wilford Hall USAF Hospital. The results demonstrated the feasibility of this approach in an Air Force clinical facility, long-range survival in 30 per cent of the transplanted patients, survival for six months in 50 per cent of the patients, and success with low-dose immunosuppressive therapy in the management of renal allografts. Author

Descriptors:

• (*KIDNEYS
• TRANSPLANTATION)
• IMMUNITY
• CHEMOTHERAPY
• VIABILITY
• SURGERY

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE