International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Table of Contents - 1986 - Volume 2, Issue 03  

Special Section: Transplantation and Artificial Organs

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Organ Transplantation

Tore Schersténa1, Hans Bryngera1, Ingvar Karlberga1 and Egon Jonssona2

a1 University of Göteborg

a2 Karolinska Institute

In 1958 Joseph Murray and associates reported the first successful kidney transplantation between two identical twins at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston (14). Since then organ transplantation has advanced rapidly. Renal transplantation is now a standard treatment for irreversible renal failure, and liver transplantation is an accepted method for treating end-stage liver disease. A number of patients have survived more than 20 years after renal transplantation and more than 10 years after liver transplantation (20). Very few liver transplantations have been performed in Sweden but this method is expected to become more common in the near future.