SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS - KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS AND END STAGE RENAL DISEASE
Dr. Ahmet ÇOKER1, Dr. Murat ZEYTUNLU1, Dr. Murat SÖZBİYEN1, Dr. Özgür FIRAT1, Dr. Hüseyin TÖZ2, Dr. Meltem SEZİŞ2, Dr. Muhittin ERTİLAV2, Dr. Sezgin ULUKAYA3, Dr. Levent ACAR3, Dr. Sevgi MİR4, Dr. Neşe ÖZKAYIN4, Dr. Cüneyt HOŞÇOŞKUN1, Dr. Yıldıray YÜZER1, Dr. Hasan KAPLAN1
1Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi AD, İzmir
2Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nefroloji BD, İzmir
3Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon AD, İzmir
4Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, İzmir
Abstract
Diabetes Mellitus is the most common cause of end stage renal failure. Dialysis and renal transplantation offer improvements in the quality of life and long term survival for these group of patients. In the last decade, simultaneous pancreas - kidney transplantation became a worldwide accepted treatment modality for the patients with renal failure related to type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. In this paper, the first four simultaneous pancreas - kidney transplantation cases of Ege University Organ Transplantation and Research Center were reported with a review of the medical literature
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, pancreas - kidney transplantation