title: [Evaluation of quality of life after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation on the quality of life of diabetic recipients with end-stage renal disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective analysis of the data of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease and evaluated the quality of life of the recipients using SF-36 health survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient died of cerebrovascular accident, and 7 patients recovered smoothly. During the follow-up lasting for a mean of 23.3 months, the blood glucose, C-peptide and creatine levels of the patients remained stable. The score of 8 domains of SF-36 of the diabetic recipient at 2 years after SPK transplantation showed a significant improvement compared with that before the operation, similar to that of Chinese normal population(P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SPK transplantation can achieve a significant improvement of the quality of life of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease.
authors.affiliation: Center of Organ Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. tai2004qiang@163.com
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Xiao-shun
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Lin-wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei-qiang
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Xiao-feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Dong-ping
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: An-bin
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Guo-dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jie-fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires