Pretransplant status of grafts and recipients. Treatment with dialysis and renal transplantation in diabetic nephropathy. Experiences through 11 years. Survival curves and causes of death
Dahlstrøm, C.G.; Lund, P.K.; Lund, G.B.; Svendsen, V.; Kemp, E.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum 64: 112-116
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8886 PMID: 6755667 Document Number: 180716
An 11 year study is presented comprising 74 diabetic patients with terminal uraemia treated with dialysis and transplantation. The cumulative patient survival rate after one year is 45%. No difference is found between the survival rates of transplanted and dialysed patients. Sixty-six percent of the patients died from cardiovascular-, and 21% from infectious causes.