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According to the International Intestinal Transplant Registry, more than 470 bowel transplants have been performed worldwide. At the time of transplantation, most of the patients were children 13 years of age or younger. Fifty-five percent of the patients were hospitalized at the time of transplantation, and only 45 percent were at home. At one year, graft survival rates for solitary bowel/intestinal transplants as well as for combined bowel/liver transplants were 65 percent. One-year patient survival for recipients of solitary bowel or intestinal transplants was approximately 80 percent, with 65 percent for combined liver and bowel transplants. Patients who required combined transplantation (liver and bowel) have shown higher morbidity and mortality because of advanced disease in both organs.