Aviyara t1_iwh5rpu wrote
Reply to comment by scheav in We have seen successful transplants of various organs, hands, even faces -- so why not transplants of legs or feet to lower-limb amputees? Why are these not a thing? by Pandeism
The three largest causes of death in solid-organ allografts (organ transplants) are cancer (which most immunosuppression courses are well-documented as increasing the incidence rate of), graft rejection, and infection.
I would not call any of these "unrelated causes." An allograft recipient is on immunosuppression for life.
You are correct, the prognosis of an allograft recipient gets better every year. This is not because allograft care in the late 20th century was spectacularly bad, and we're just making up for that statistical anomaly.
The first double-lung transplant recipient famously had her lungs outlive her.
Meanwhile, 41% of all lung transplant recipients in 2010 were dead by 2015.
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