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KIDNEY/PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED AT OUR TRANSPLANT CENTER(FOOHILLS MEDICAL CENTER, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA).
Serdar Yilmaz, MD, Irene Shewchuk, MLT and Luz Stamm, BSC. Calgary AB, Canada, Foothills Medical Centre, T2N 2T9, Department of Surgery and Calgary AB, Canada, Calgary Laboratory Services, T2N 2T9, Tissue Typing Laboratory.

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For patients with Type I Diabetes and end-stage renal disease a combination kidney/pancreas transplant is an important treatment option. In 1998 the first K/P transplant was performed successfully at our transplant center. From 1998-2004 27 female patients and 19 male patients with a median age of 39 years were transplanted.The majority of the patients were on the waiting list for 3-5 years prior to transplant.

OUTCOME OF K/P TRANSPLANTS/#PATIENTS

Functioning K/P	36
Functioning K/non-Functioning P	2
Functioning K/partial-Functioning P	1
Failed K/P	2
Deceased	2
LRD K TX/CAD P	2
CAD TX/K functioning/P-non-functioning/2nd CAD P TX	1

The success rate for K/P transplants is 90% for the first year post transplant and 80% over a three year period. Currently another 27 patients are either active or in transplant workup waiting for K/P transplant. Patients were screened by GTI T and B Quikscreen Elisa. The method used for the crossmatch procedure was AHG-CDC. Stastistical evaluation of these patients can be easily monitored and retrieved through the use of the Southern Alberta Transplant database.