Registry of Hospital das Clínicas of the University of S？o Paulo Medical School: first official solid organ and tissue transplantation report - 2008

objective: the aim of this study was to report a single center experience of organ and tissue transplantation introduction: this is the first report of organ and tissue transplantation at the hospital das clínicas of the university of sao paulo medical school. methods: we collected data from each type of organ transplantation from 2002 to 2007. the data collected were patient characteristics and actuarial survival kaplan-meier curves at 30 days, one year, and five years results: there were a total of 3,321 transplants at our institution and the 5-year survival curve ranged from 53% to 88%. conclusion: this report shows that solid organ and tissue transplants are feasible within the institution and allow us to expect that the quality of transplantation will improve in the future.