Long-Term Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single Centre Experience from Poland

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1).Since the 1980s, pancreas transplant has become the most effective strategy to restore normoglycemia in patients with DM1.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - March 14, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Michal S. Gniewkiewicz, Magdalena Czerwi ńska, Jolanta Gozdowska, Janusz Wyzgal, Tadeusz Grochowiecki, Slawomir Nazarewski, Maciej Kosieradzki, Magdalena Durlik Source Type: research