Figure 1.

Graft survival of kidney transplantation according to decade of transplant. A significant improvement of short-term (<1 year) graft survival was observed through all decades as a likely consequence of reduction of acute rejection episodes. In contrast, while a significant improvement in long-term (>2 years) results was achieved between 1990 and 2000, a similar improvement has been not observed in recent decades (2000–2017) (obtained from CTS, K-14001-0819, accessed January 2020, www.ctstransplant.org).