Orthotopic kidney retransplantation in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant patients with renal failure.
Traditionally transplant nephrectomy was required as a separate procedure prior to retransplantation in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant patients. An alternative approach combining both procedures is described, during which the rejected kidney is removed and replaced orthotopically by the new allograft.
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Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. dnghiem@wpahs.org
D002102:Cadaver; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D019520:Living Donors; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data