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From January 2023 to mid-March, more than 14,300 Black kidney transplant candidates had their wait times adjusted by an average of two years, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
Once they are placed on the waiting list, they can receive a new kidney very quickly, or they may have to wait many years; in the United States, the average waiting time is three to five years. [4] During transplant surgery, the new kidney is usually placed in the lower abdomen (belly); the person's two native kidneys are not usually taken out ...
[207] [208] Wait times and success rates for organs differ significantly between organs due to demand and procedure difficulty. As of 2007, three-quarters of patients in need of an organ transplant were waiting for a kidney, [209] and as such kidneys have much longer waiting times.
China has by far the shortest wait times for organ transplants in the world, [110] and there is evidence that the execution of prisoners for their organs is "timed for the convenience of the waiting recipient." [111] As of 2006, organ tourists to China report receiving kidney transplants within days of arriving in China. [112]
The first successful kidney transplant took place in 1954. The first liver and lung transplants with living donors followed many years later, in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
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As of 2022, over 100,000 people are on the national organ transplant waiting list in the United States, with 17 people dying per day waiting for a transplant. An individual donor can provide up to eight organs. [2]
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