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Frank P. Stuart, MD; J. Laurance Hill, MD; Craig R. Reckard, MD; Marguerite Buckingham; Steven Nakamura

Arch Surg. 1979;114(4):416-420.

Abstract
• Recipients of 93 first-cadaver kidney transplants were studied for the effect of recipient and donor race on graft and patient survival. Both graft and patient survival were lower for black recipients than for whites. The difference was not explained by racial mismatch between donor and recipient. Black recipients had more rejection episodes and more instances of bacterial pneumonia. Pretransplant splenectomy reduced the likelihood of rejection episodes for black recipients and increased their rate of graft survival.

(Arch Surg 114:416-420, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 14, 1978.

Read before the 86th annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Scottsdale, Ariz, Nov 12, 1978.

Reprint requests to Box 77, 950 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637 (Dr Stuart).

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