OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES

Graft and patient outcomes vary depending on the type of transplant undertaken with survival post-multivisceral trans plant being markedly poorer than isolated small intestinal transplant. As with many transplant groups, outcomes are improving over time and the outcomes in the last published Intestinal Transplant Registry report in 2015 show ed continued improvement in both 1- and 5-year patient survival. In 2019 the overall 1-year patient survival for intestinal-only grafts was all intestinal transplant ago the 1-year patient survival for recipients (intestine only and multivisceral grafts) was 70%. - Five-year survival rates have also improved and the long-term results of intestinal-only transplants are now comparable to those of long-term PN. Intestinal transplantation may have progressed to the stage at which it may be o ff ered to patients on PN to improve their quality of life rather than just for those with life-threatening complications of PN.