Hemodialysis and Renal Transplantation in Patients of the 50–80 Age Group*

Hemodialysis, renal homotransplantation, or both were employed at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital as treatment modalities for renal failure in 100 patients of the 50–80 age group. Complicating nonrenal disorders were common. Despite the infirmities of advanced age, rehabilitation was achieved in 68 per cent, and the cumulative mortality was only 31 per cent. The success of this program establishes the fact that age alone should no longer be a barrier to the use of these forms of therapy.