Open AccessExcellent Outcomes of Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation in Patients From Rural and Urban Australia
Author(s) -
Stephen E. Thwaites,
Bina Gurung,
Jinna Yao,
Kathy Kable,
Paul Robertson,
Brendan Ryan,
Vincent Lam,
Henry Pleass,
Jeremy R. Chapman,
Wayne J. Hawthorne,
Richard D. Allen
Publication year - 2012
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.0b013e3182708e04
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , pancreas transplantation , population , surgery , kidney transplantation , diabetes mellitus , pancreas , residence , demography , environmental health , sociology , endocrinology
Simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplantation is performed to restore normoglycemia and renal function in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal failure. The National Pancreas Transplant Unit (NPTU) in Sydney provides a service to a population spread across 7.4 million km. We aimed to see if SPK transplantation outcomes differed between recipients from metropolitan (M) centers and those from nonmetropolitan (NM) regions.