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To a certain extent that depends upon the definition of "successful" - it could be considered to be "lowest mortality rate", "longest life expectancy after surgery", "most likely to result in a functioning graft (transplanted organ)". Depending on which criteria you use, the answer will be slightly different.
Kidney transplants have the lowest mortality rate due to a combination of reasons. Primarily, when a kidney is transplanted, the recipient's original kidneys are not removed. It is simply a case of adding a third, which hopefully works. But in turn, this does mean that if the transplanted kidney does not work, the patient should not be considerably worse off than they were pre-transplant. At this stage they would go back on dialysis until another kidney was found.
Another reason for a low mortality rate for kidney transplants compared to other organ transplants is the availability of living-related donors. This means that there are more kidneys available for transplantation, which in turn means that patients are marginally "healthier" when they receive a kidney transplant, compared to transplant recipients of other organs. The healthier the patient is, the better the outcome after transplant (but of course, a completely healthy patient would not need a transplant. It's all relative.)
However, the "lifespan" of a transplanted kidney is lowerthan for other organs such as livers and hearts (and this is why the answer to your question is not clear-cut). To clarify, I mean lifespan of the transplanted organ is lower, not the lifespan of the person who received the transplant; retransplantation of a failing graft is quite commonplace. (At which point the first transplanted kidney would probably be removed and replaced by another transplanted kidney).
The reason behind a transplanted kidney's reduced lifespan is because kidneys are directly responsible for having to filter out immunosuppressives and other medication a transplant recipient has to take. These medications are necessary to ensure the short-term health of the graft but in the long run they cause some kidney damage (regardless of what organ was transplanted). But the damaging effect of the drugs (called "nephrotoxicity") is slightly magnified in kidney transplant recipients.
Next to kidneys, livers have the second lowest mortality rate of transplant. This is slightly remarkable, since there is not an (good) equivalent of "dialysis" for liver failure, meaning there is no fallback to help a patient's health to remain stable. By the time a patient is ill enough to reach the top of a waiting list for a liver or heart transplant, they are very ill indeed. And at this point it's quite extraordinary that the numbers of patients surviving the transplant surgery is as high as it is.
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What cell componants have to match for an organ transplant?
plasma membrane proteins
Which is the year of the first bone marrow transplant in the US with success?
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
What is the difference between organ transplant and artificial organs?
An organ transplant is when organs are taken out of human organ donors and placed into another human, but artificial organs are either grown in science labs from stem cells or electronic organs that are usually made of plastic or metal.
Why is getting an organ transplant so risky?
Organ transplants are risky for many reasons. One reason is due to the fact that the body can reject the donor organ and cause complications.
Identify or show graph the number of donors?
The graph hows that from 1995 - 2004, the number of donors has decreased, as has the number of transplants being carried out; the number of people needing transplants however, has significantly increased. This means that there is an in balance between the number of organs available for transplant and the number of organ donors, which means that there will obviously not be enough organs to provide each, or even most of those on the transplant list (in need of an organ) with the organ that they need.
What type of organ transplant was done on 1954?
The first successful kidney transplant between identical twins.
What poses a formidable obstacle to a successful organ transplant?
Availability of a suitable donor
What was the first organ transplant?
The first successful organ to be transplanted was a kidney. In 1954, a man donated one of his kidneys to his twin brother.
What was first organ transplant?
The first successful organ to be transplanted was a kidney. In 1954, a man donated one of his kidneys to his twin brother.
What was the first organ that was successfully transplanted?
The first successful organ transplant occurred in 1954, when a man donated one of his kidneys to his twin brother.
When was the earliest organ donation recorded?
Transplant timeline : http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/in-or-out/transplant-timeline.aspx
What is the purpose of a organ transplant?
Answer: The purpose of an organ transplant is to replace any vital organ not functioning and help revive (partial transplant)/make survival possible by donor organ.
What is the hardest organ to transplant?
it is a facial transplant
When was the first organ transplant and what organ was it?
The first organ transplant occurred in 1954, when Ronald Lee Herrick donated one of his kidneys to his brother, Richard. The surgery was led by Dr. Joseph Murray, who later won a Nobel prize for developing the surgical technique regarding kidney transplants.
Are you against or for organ transplant?
are you against or for organ transplant cause i wanna know its for a science project
What is an organ transplant?
It is when a major organ is removed from the body and a replacement fitted or transplanted. Such as a heart transplant.
What is the most common organ and tissue transplant?
Heart, and kidney.AnswerThe cornea and kindey.
