Recent Developments and Future Prospects in Pancreatic Transplantation

Abstract

Pancreas transplantation is not a life-saving procedure, so the benefits should be sufficient in terms of quality of life to outweigh the risks. Successful transplants give patients more positive health perceptions, improved social interaction, more satisfaction with diet and increased vitality. Studies are unanimous in finding that patients with successful transplants rate their lives better after transplantation than before. The effect of a double transplant in uraemic diabetic patients can be dramatic; patients rate their quality of life higher than diabetics who receive a kidney transplant alone.