Pancreas transplants are performed for the amelioration of insulin-requiring diabetes. Initially,... more Pancreas transplants are performed for the amelioration of insulin-requiring diabetes. Initially, pancreas transplants were performed only in those diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease who needed kidney transplants; these patients underwent simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK). Today, pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) or pancreas transplantation after living related or unrelated kidney transplantation (PAK) is increasingly common. SPK accounted for 67% of all pancreas transplants in 2006 (Fig. 106.1). The 2007 Annual Report of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) reveals that the number of pancreata recovered in the United States for 2006 increased by 53% compared with 1997, and there were approximately 4000 people in the United States waiting for pancreas transplants at the end of 2006.1 Interestingly, there have been recent downward trends in numbers of patients registered for...
Pancreas transplants are performed for the amelioration of insulin-requiring diabetes. Initially,... more Pancreas transplants are performed for the amelioration of insulin-requiring diabetes. Initially, pancreas transplants were performed only in those diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease who needed kidney transplants; these patients underwent simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK). Today, pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) or pancreas transplantation after living related or unrelated kidney transplantation (PAK) is increasingly common. SPK accounted for 67% of all pancreas transplants in 2006 (Fig. 106.1). The 2007 Annual Report of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) reveals that the number of pancreata recovered in the United States for 2006 increased by 53% compared with 1997, and there were approximately 4000 people in the United States waiting for pancreas transplants at the end of 2006.1 Interestingly, there have been recent downward trends in numbers of patients registered for...
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