Preemptive versus Nonpreemptive Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center, Long-Term, Follow-up Study | Zendy

Menno Pruijm | Zendy; Johan W. de Fijter | Zendy; Ilias I.N. Doxiadis | Zendy; Jan P. Vandenbroucke | Zendy

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Preemptive 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.

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