Abstract:Objective:To sum up the harvesting and trimming (bench surgery) experience of simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation.
Methods :Retrospectively analysis of the methods of harvesting and skill of trimming in 19 cases of SPK transplantation was made.
Results:No injury of allograft occurred. Exogenous insulin was discontinued within 9 day after operation in 18 patients, and their fasting blood sugar was normal, and urine sugar was negative or(+). Serum creatinine and urea nitrogen became normal at 2-4 d postoperatively. Three transplanted kidney and 2 transplanted pancreas had acute rejection (AR), and all the AR were disappeared after anti-rejection therapy. The SPK grafts in 1 patient was excised on 11 d postoperatively due to accelerated rejection.
Conclusions:The skill of procurement and bench surgery trimming of allograft in one of the key factors for successful SPK.