Confronting the Organ Transplant Gap -- A Surgeon's Perspective
Category: WELLNESS
More than 100,000 patients are on the waiting list for solid organ transplants, but in 2011 there were just 28,465 transplants completed. And the shortage is only worsening as the numbers of available organs continues to drop, both from living and deceased donors.
By Andrew S. Klein, M.D., MBA, Contributor
Director, The Comprehensive Transplant Center at Cedars-Sinai ..., 2012-07-03