People who have kidney transplants live longer than their counterparts who undergo dialysis. A study of over 200,000 people with end-stage renal disease found that those on the list were healthier than those using dialysis. People who had transplants lived an average of 20 years longer. Dialysis users lived an average of ten years longer.
Kidney transplants are superior to dialysis, study concludes.
Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplant.