Graft and Patient Survival Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant

For patients with diabetes and end-stage kidney disease, the only persistently successful treatment is simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK). However, according to M. Ji and colleagues, SPK has a technical failure rate of 7% to 22%. Technical failure is defined as a graft loss within 3 months of transplantation.

The researchers conducted a study designed to quantify the impact of 3-month pancreas function on kidney graft failure and patient survival following SPK in patients with type 1 diabetes. Read more from Nephrology Times.