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Starting in 1987 renal- and pancreaticoduodenal — transplantations were performed simultaneously in a consecutive series of 40 patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease. Exocrine secretion of the pancreatic graft does not seem to be a crucial problem anymore when using the bladder drainage technique. No pancreatic fistulae were seen. No graft lost its function due to early post-operative graft thrombosis. Early post-operative graft pancreatitis and recurrent urinary tract infections remain the drawbacks of the bladder drainage technique. Despite a strong immunestimulation of the recipient by the combined pancreaticoduodenal/ renal allograft all but two rejection episodes could be reversed by using different monoclonal/ polyclonal antibodies. Actuarial 1-year-graft survival rate reaches 85 % for the pancreas as well as the kidney. Thus, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation can be performed with a high success rate when using the technique described.
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Hopt, U.T., Büsing, M., Schareck, W.D. et al. The bladder drainage technique in pancreas transplantation — the Tübingen experience. Diabetologia 34 (Suppl 1), S24–S27 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00587614
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