[Evaluation of quality of life after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation].
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.
Tai
Qiang
Q
Center of Organ Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. tai2004qiang@163.com
He
Xiao-shun
XS
Wu
Lin-wei
LW
Ju
Wei-qiang
WQ
Zhu
Xiao-feng
XF
Ma
Yi
Y
Wang
Dong-ping
DP
Hu
An-bin
AB
Wang
Guo-dong
GD
Hu
An
A
Huang
Jie-fu
JF
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