Long-Term Pancreas Allograft Survival in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by Era.

Long-Term Pancreas Allograft Survival in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by Era. Clin Transpl. 2015;31:35-42 Authors: Waki K, Hayashi A, Yamaguchi S, Nangaku M, Ohe K, Kadowaki T, Kokudo N Abstract Data collected by the United Network for Organ Sharing from all approved United States transplant programs were analyzed; the data included 20,290 adult diabetic patients who received primary pancreas transplants between October 1987 and December 2014. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation has become the major therapeutic option for diabetes patients. The number of SPKs per year has not increased since 1999; it leveled off or decreased slightly each year. Recipients in the most recent period, 2010-2014, were more likely than recipients in any of the other periods to be non-white, older, male, to have had diabetes longer, to have higher body mass indices; and in this group there were more donor-recipient human leukocyte antigen mismatches. Donors in the 2010-2014 period were more likely to be younger and male and less likely to be white. Pancreas graft survival rates were highest in the 2010-2014 period (one-year graft survival 89.7%) vs. those for 1987-1989 (74.6%), 1990- 1994 (77.5%), 1995-1999 (82.9%), 2000-2004 (84.4%), and 2005-2009 (85.5%); the five-year rates were 72.7% for 2010-14 vs. 60.0%, 64.3%, 69.0%, 70.9%, and 73.9% for the other periods, respectively. There was no decreased risk of graft failure for ...
Source: Clinical Transplants - Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Clin Transpl Source Type: research