Should we be performing pancreas transplants?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1935-1936

  Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^a   Stegall, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 10044237970     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00674.x     Document Type: Review

References (2)

1. Venstrom JM, McBride MA, Rother KI, Hirshberg B, Orchard TJ, Harlan DM. Survival after pancreas transplantation in patients with diabetes and preserved kidney function. JAMA 2003; 290: 2817-2823.
2. Wolfe RA, Ashby VB, Milford EL et al. Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplant. N Engl J Med 1999; 341: 1725-1730.