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Long-term effects of pancreas transplant alone on nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients with optimal renal function.

Sung ShinChang Hee JungJi Yoon ChoiHyun Wook KwonJoo Hee JungYoung Hoon KimDuck-Jong Han
Published in: PloS one (2018)
There is a considerable risk for deterioration of renal function in PTA recipients post-transplant compared with non-transplant diabetic patients. With rather strict selection criteria such as preoperative proteinuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate, PTA should be considered in diabetic patients to minimize post-transplant aggravation of diabetic nephropathy.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic nephropathy
  • type diabetes
  • patients undergoing
  • wound healing
  • kidney transplantation