Crossing the Ditch Establishing a Cross-Border Intestinal Transplant Program: A Review of the Australian and New Zealand Experience

intestine or multivisceral transplantation.Thirteen patients were male (62%) with a median age of 45.2 years (range 18-78) at the time of renal transplantation.Eighteen patients required dialysis before transplantation.The median time for the kidney transplantation following visceral transplantation was 91 months (range 7-180).Twelve kidney transplants (57%) were from living donors.The median follow-up was 104 months.The 3-and 5-year graft survival was 71% and 62%, respectively.Conclusions: Kidney transplantation after visceral transplantation can be performed with favorable results in centers with experience in visceral and renal transplantation.