[HTML][HTML] OPTN/SRTR 2020 annual data report: kidney
KL Lentine, JM Smith, A Hart, J Miller… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The year 2020 presented significant challenges to the field of kidney transplantation. After
increasing each year since 2015 and reaching the highest annual count to date in 2019, the
total number of kidney transplants decreased slightly, to 23642, in 2020. The decrease in
total kidney transplants was due to a decrease in living donor transplants; the number of
deceased donor transplants rose in 2020. The number of patients waiting for a kidney
transplant in the United States declined slightly in 2020, driven by a slight drop in the …
increasing each year since 2015 and reaching the highest annual count to date in 2019, the
total number of kidney transplants decreased slightly, to 23642, in 2020. The decrease in
total kidney transplants was due to a decrease in living donor transplants; the number of
deceased donor transplants rose in 2020. The number of patients waiting for a kidney
transplant in the United States declined slightly in 2020, driven by a slight drop in the …