Of the first seven transplants, performed through 1985, six recipients have died.

So far this year, only 2,772 transplants have been performed, according to the organ network.

Action aimed at increasing the number of transplants performed is particularly important.

But autologous transplants are performed on people into the 60's.

However, if the transplant is performed at ages older than 10, 2-year survival rates drop to 54%.

Overall, data collected from transplants performed around the world showed that gender didn't seem to matter.

Since 1989, about 700 such partial transplants have been performed worldwide, the majority in Japan.

By 1961, Orentreich had performed transplants on approximately 200 patients.

The multi-organ transplant is performed fewer than 200 times a year worldwide.

The hospital has performed more than 400 lung and lung-heart transplants in its history.