Open AccessPreemptive versus Nonpreemptive Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center, Long-Term, Follow-up Study
Author(s) -
Menno Pruijm,
Johan W. de Fijter,
Ilias I.N. Doxiadis,
Jan P. Vandenbroucke
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000208574.48230.fd
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , transplantation , hazard ratio , surgery , kidney transplantation , diabetes mellitus , myocardial infarction , pancreas transplantation , confidence interval , endocrinology
Data regarding the timing-before or after initiation of dialysis-of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with end-stage renal failure are sparse. We studied the effect of preemptive transplantation on patient survival, cardiovascular endpoints, and graft survival, as compared with non-preemptive transplantation.