title: Kidney-pancreas transplantation for diabetic nephropathy.
abstract: Pancreas transplantation is being performed with increasing frequency and increasing technical success. The availability of new immunosuppressant agents has been associated with a reduction in the previously high rates of allograft rejection in recipients of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants. These lower rejection rates have, in turn, led to changes in surgical techniques and a resurgence of interest in isolated pancreas transplantation--either in nonuremic patients or, more commonly, in patients who have already received a prior kidney transplant. Pancreas transplantation has emerged as an important option for the management of patients with type I diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hricik
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents