title: Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation versus kidney transplantation alone: patient survival, kidney graft survival, and post-transplant hospitalization.
abstract: This study compared patient survival, kidney graft survival, and post-transplant hospitalization between patients who received simultaneous kidney and pancreas (SKP) transplants and those who received a kidney transplant alone (KTA). A total of 3,168 diabetic end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, ages 18-45, who began their first ESRD treatment between 1981 and 1989 and received their first cadaveric kidney transplant between 1986 and 1989 were selected for study; patient and kidney graft survival were followed until 1 March 1990. Twelve percent (380) of these patients received SKP transplants. No statistically significant difference in patient survival was found between SKP and KTA patients (p = 0.86). Kidney graft survival was statistically significantly higher for SKP patients than KTA patients (p = 0.008). Post-transplant hospitalization rates were statistically significantly higher for SKP patients (p < 0.001), indicating potentially higher post-transplant morbidity among this group.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology