Open AccessMore Than 25 Years of Pancreas Graft Survival After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation: Experience From the World's Largest Series of Long-term Survivors
Author(s) -
Sandesh Parajuli,
Natalie Bath,
Fahad Aziz,
Neetika Garg,
Brenda Muth,
Robert Redfield,
Dixon B. Kaufman,
Jon S. Odorico,
Didier A. Mandelbrot,
Hans W. Sollinger
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002960
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas , hazard ratio , surgery , pancreas transplantation , transplantation , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , comorbidity , kidney transplantation , endocrinology
The first simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplant was performed in 1966. Early procedures were associated with significant morbidity and mortality and were performed in very low numbers in select patients.