RT Book, Section
A1 Lynch, Raymond J.
A1 Sung, Randall S.
A2 Minter, Rebecca M.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 510130410
T1 Chapter 31. Pancreas Transplantation
T2 CURRENT Procedures: Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145316-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=510130410
RD 2024/04/23
AB May  be  performed  in  diabetic  patients  with  end-stage  renal  disease  either  as  simultaneous  pancreas-kidney  (SPK)  transplantation,  or  as  pancreas-after-kidney  (PAK)  transplantation.  Pancreas  transplantation  has  minimal  impact  on  immunosuppression.Nonuremic  patients  with  type  1  diabetes  usually  receive  pancreas  transplantation  alone  (PTA).  Risk  of  immunosuppression  is  added  to  the  surgical  risk.