Yang Wu-chang points out that during the initial period after a transplant, the risk of infection is higher due to lowered immunity, and the mortality rate is correspondingly higher. However, after three months, the mortality rate for these patients is the same as for those receiving dialysis, and by the eighth month, the mortality rate for those receiving transplants is 25 % to 30 % lower.
楊五常指出，換腎初期因免疫力低，感染的危險性較高，死亡率相對較高，但 3 個月以後死亡率就和洗腎相當，到第 8 個月，換腎的死亡率較洗腎低 25-30％。