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World J Transplant. Aug 26, 2019; 9(4): 81-93
Published online Aug 26, 2019. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v9.i4.81
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Figure 1 Options for diabetic patients with kidney failure. LKT: Living kidney transplantation. CKT: Deceased kidney transplantation; SPKT: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation; PAKT: Pancreas after kidney transplantation.
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Figure 2 Algorithm for clinical decision making for diabetic patients. KTA: Kidney transplant alone; SPK: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney; PAK: Pancreas after kidney; PTA: Pancreas transplant alone.
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Figure 3 Various pancreatic implantation techniques.
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Figure 4 Outlines of preoperative cardiac risk assessment guidelines. 1Hypertension, age (> 45 for men or > 55 for women), cigarette smoking, left ventricular hypertrophy, dyslipidemia, family history of coronary disease. 2Hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, dyslipidemia, age > 60, > one year on dialysis. 3Ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal insufficiency, diabetes. KDOQI: Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines; AST: American Society of Transplantation; Lisbon: Report of the Lisbon Conference on the Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient; ACC/AHA: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.
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Figure 5 Algorithm for evaluation of pancreatic allograft dysfunction[24].
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Figure 6 Principles of islet cell transplantation[25].