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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1981 Sep;153(3):377–382.

Table I.

Graft losses after primary cadaveric transplantion at three and 12 months postoperative

No. of
rejections within
3 months
No. of grafts
lost from rejection
within 3 months
No. of grafts
lost to rejection
in first 12 months
Total no. of grafts
lost from all causes*
in first 12 months
Control, n=51 35 (68.6) 20 (39.2) 23 (45.1) 29 (56.9)
Contemporaneous TTD, n=25 16 (64.0) 8 (32.0) 11 (44.0) 11 (44.0)
Pretreatment TDD, Total n=40 9 (22.5) 3 ( 7.5) 8 (20.0) 12 (30.0)
   <28 days, n=18 8 (44.4) 2(11.1) 6 (33.3) 6 (33.3)
   ≥ 28 days, n=22 1 ( 4.5.) 1 (4.5) 2 ( 9.1) 6 (27.3)
*

Including death.

TDD, Thoracic duct drainage

Figures in parentheses are percentages.