Open AccessExperience With 500 Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplants
Author(s) -
Hans W. Sollinger,
Jon S. Odorico,
Stuart J. Knechtle,
Anthony M. D’Alessandro,
Münci Kalayoğlu,
John D. Pirsch
Publication year - 1998
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199809000-00002
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas , immunosuppression , surgery , kidney , acute tubular necrosis , urology , renal function , pancreas transplantation , gastroenterology , kidney transplantation , transplantation
From December 1985 to October 1997, 500 simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPKs) were performed at the University of Wisconsin. Bladder drainage (BD) was used in 388 and enteric drainage (ED) in 112. All pancreas transplants were preserved in UW solution.