Yes, we do need to demonstrate the survival advantage of pancreas after kidney transplantation

Jonathan A Fridell; Silke Niederhaus; Read Urban; Abigail Fox; Jon Odorico

doi:10.1111/ajt.15221

Yes, we do need to demonstrate the survival advantage of pancreas after kidney transplantation

Am J Transplant. 2019 Apr;19(4):1243-1244. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15221. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Authors

Jonathan A Fridell¹, Silke Niederhaus², Read Urban³, Abigail Fox³, Jon Odorico⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
² Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.

PMID: 30565399
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15221

No abstract available

Keywords: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); clinical research/practice; kidney transplantation; living donor; pancreas/simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Living Donors
Pancreas Transplantation*