title: A technique for kidney retransplantation after simultaneous kidney pancreas transplantation.
abstract: Isolated failure of the renal graft after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SPK) is a rare but potential outcome. Many of these patients are candidates for kidney retransplantation. This paper describes a series of 3 patients who underwent successful kidney retransplantation after SPK. The operation was completed through an extraperitoneal incision without disruption of the pancreas graft or need for a transplant nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California 92103-8401, USA. kmekeel@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mekeel
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mulligan
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010179:Pancreas / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation