Open AccessSurgical Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Pancreas Transplantation
Author(s) -
Robert J. Stratta,
Rodney J. Taylor,
John S By,
Jeffrey A. Lowell,
Rakesh Sindhi,
Timothy Wahl,
Thomas F. Knight,
Lamont Weide,
William C. Duckworth
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199412000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas transplantation , diabetes mellitus , transplantation , pancreas , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , endocrinology , kidney transplantation
The authors compared results and morbidity in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients undergoing preemptive pancreas transplantation (PTx) either before dialysis or before the need for a kidney transplant with IDDM patients undergoing conventional combined pancreas-kidney transplantation (PKT) after the initiation of dialysis therapy.