Volume 11, Number 4, 485-487, DOI: 10.1007/s004670050322

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Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant in two children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Michael R. Bendel-Stenzel, Clifford E. Kashtan, David E. R. Sutherland and Blanche M. Chavers

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Abstract

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation has rarely been performed in the pediatric population. This report describes successful SPK transplantation in a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with renal and pancreatic insufficiency secondary to postdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome. All reported cases of pediatric SPK transplantation are reviewed. SPK transplantation is a feasible option in selected pediatric patients with combined pancreatic and renal insufficiency.

Key words: Pancreas transplantation - Kidney transplantation - Hemolytic uremic syndrome - Diabetes mellitus

Received July 8, 1996; received in revised form and accepted December 30, 1996

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