Kidney Transplant Outcomes

At a Glance

• First transplant: 01/04/68
• Transplants performed in 2023:132
• Deceased donor: 97
• Living donor: 36
• Total number of program transplants through 2023: 3998
• Deceased donor: 2645
• Living donor: 1353
• Received Medicare approval: 01/01/77

Outcomes

• Median time to transplant<: 30.5 months (compared to 30.2 months nationally)
• Transplant rate~: .264 (expected .281, national .274)
• Pre-transplant mortality~: .046 (expected .052 national .057)

Adult one- and three-year patient survival rates for kidney transplant*:

• Henry Ford one-year patient survival rate: 97.05%
• Henry Ford one-year expected patient survival rate^: 96.51%
• Henry Ford three-year patient survival rate: 91.22%
• Henry Ford three-year expected patient survival rate^: 92.69%
• Henry Ford one-year patient survival rate (deceased donor): 96.57%
• Henry Ford one-year expected patient survival rate (deceased donor)^: 95.70%
• Henry Ford three-year patient survival rate (deceased donor): 87.13%
• Henry Ford three-year expected patient survival rate (deceased donor)^: 89.49%
• Henry Ford one-year patient survival rate (living donor): 98.33%
• Henry Ford one-year expected patient survival rate (living donor)^: 98.59%
• Henry Ford three-year patient survival rate (living donor): 95.66%
• Henry Ford three-year expected patient survival rate (living donor)^: 96.15%

Adult one-year and three-year graft survival rates for kidney transplant+:

• Henry Ford one-year graft survival rate: 93.18%
• Henry Ford one-year expected graft survival rate^: 93.7%
• Henry Ford three-year graft survival rate: 86.83%
• Henry Ford three-year expected graft survival rate^: 88.95%
• Henry Ford one-year graft survival rate (deceased donor): 92.86%
• Henry Ford one-year expected graft survival rate (deceased donor)^: 92.18%
• Henry Ford three-year graft survival rate (deceased donor): 85.64%
• Henry Ford three-year expected graft survival rate (deceased donor)^: 84.56%
• Henry Ford one-year graft survival rate (living donor): 94.03%
• Henry Ford one-year expected graft survival rate (living donor)^: 97.51%
• Henry Ford three-year graft survival rate (living donor): 88.42%
• Henry Ford three-year expected graft survival rate (living donor)^: 94.11%

< Patients on the waitlist between 01/01/2018 and 06/30/2023
~ Patients on the waitlist between 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2023
*Estimated probability of surviving at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant between 01/01/2021 and 06/30/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 07/01/2018 and 3/12/2020 and 6/13/2020 and 12/31/2020
^ Adjusted for patient and donor characteristics
+ Estimated probability of surviving with a functioning graft at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant between 01/01/2021 and 06/30/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 07/01/2018 and 3/12/2020 and 6/13/2020 and 12/31/2020

Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Center and OPO-specific Reports, based on data available April 30, 2024, released July 9, 2024

Milestones in Kidney Transplantation

Several “firsts” were performed at Henry Ford Hospital:

• One of the first in Michigan, and one of only two dozen in the country, to perform a cross-racial living kidney transplant (1996)
• One of the first adopters of laparoscopic kidney removal from a living donor
• First in Michigan to perform robotic kidney transplantation (2014), second-largest program in the nation
• First in Michigan to perform a heart-liver-kidney transplant (2018)