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Nineteen patients with endstage renal failure due to Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus received simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplants using bladder drainage technique. Another group of 25 Type 1 diabetic patients received pancreas/kidney transplants by the duct occlusion technique. We observed a higher incidence of rejection episodes in the patients of the bladder drainage group than those in the duct occlusion group, 14 of 19 patients (74%) vs 7 of 25 (28%) respectively. Anti CD3 antibodies (Orthoclone, OKT3) as a part of induction treatment was used more often in the bladder drainage group (58%) than in the control group (20%).
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Hillebrand, G., Illner, W.D., Abendroth, D. et al. Outcome of renal grafts after simultaneous kidney/ pancreas transplantation. Diabetologia 34 (Suppl 1), S16–S17 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00587611
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