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Mayo patients do well before and after liver transplant. Of the 16,000 people on liver transplant lists in the United States, 6,300 undergo transplantation each year, and 1,400 others die waiting. Short- and long-term survival statistics and wait list deaths for more than 100 U.S. transplant centers are easily accessible at the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) website.
Common transplantations include: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. Some organs and tissues can be donated by living donors, such as a kidney or part of the liver, but most donations occur after the donor has died. As of August 1, 2016, there are 120,004 people waiting for life-saving organ transplants in the US. Of these, 96,645 await kidney transplants.