Assessing the influence of graft loss on 4-year patient survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: Kaplan-Meier versus Competing Risk Analysis model.
Lucia Alejandra Alfaro VillanuevaRoberto Meirelles JuniorÉrika Bevillaqua RangelLuís Gustavo Modelli de AndradeLaila Almeida VianaMarina Pontello CristelliLucio Roberto Requião MouraRenato Demarchi ForestoHélio Tedesco Silva-JuniorJosé Osmar Medina de Abreu PestanaPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2024)
In this cohort of patients, kidney graft loss, with or without pancreas graft loss, was associated with higher mortality after SPK transplantation. Compared to CRA, the KM model underestimated survival only among patients with pancreas and kidney graft losses. Patient survival increased over time.