Abstract:Background: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) remains the gold standard treatment
for patients with type I diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal failure. Enteric drainage is utilised to handle
exocrine secretions from the graft, with enteric leaks being the most challenging of complications. There
remains a lack of published research regarding risk factors for enteric leaks.
Methods: As such we undertook a retrospective cohort study of SPK transplants performed at Westmead
Hospital over twenty… Show more
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