Data and figures

50 years of organ transplantation in children and adolescents at the MHH

 

 

A long tradition...

Hannover Medical School (MHH) can look back on a long tradition of transplantation in children and adolescents. Fifty years ago, a thirteen-year-old girl received a kidney at the MHH for the first time. This was followed by the first liver transplant in 1978, the first heart transplant in 1985 and the first lung transplant in 1990. To date, over 1,900 transplants have been performed on children and adolescents at the MHH.

The MHH Transplant Centre is the only one in Germany where all organs are transplanted into adults as well as children and adolescents. The MHH is the only center in Germany that performs lung transplants in children and even infants.

 

 

Transplant figures for 2019 and 2020

With a total of 321 organ transplants from January to the end of December 2020 (2019: 321), the Transplant Centre was able to continue its work successfully even during the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 21 hearts, 87 livers, 119 kidneys, 89 lungs and five pancreases were transplanted. Of these, two hearts, 24 livers, six kidneys and eleven lungs went to minors.

In 2019, 20 hearts, 68 livers, 132 kidneys, 96 lungs and five pancreases were transplanted in the same period. Of these, children and adolescents received three hearts, 20 livers, 14 kidneys and six lungs.