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Abstract

In these days, the survival of pancreas transplantation for treatments of patients with type Ⅰ diabetes mellitus has been improved especially in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation.

Various innovations in immunosuppression, management of the pancreatic ductal exocrine secretion, recipient selection and HLA matching have been contributed to achieve a reasonable outcome in pancreas transplantation compared with other organ transplantation.

Current improved graft survival has stimulated many centers in the world to start pancreas transplantation program.

Recently we successfully performed the first case of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation in Korea.

After 5 cases of pancreas transplantation in our department in type Ⅰ DM, we think that it is the time to review the pancreas transplantation to give an insight of this new field to our colleagues.

In these days, the survival of pancreas transplantation for treatments of patients with type Ⅰ diabetes mellitus has been improved especially in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation.

Various innovations in immunosuppression, management of the pancreatic ductal exocrine secretion, recipient selection and HLA matching have been contributed to achieve a reasonable outcome in pancreas transplantation compared with other organ transplantation.

Current improved graft survival has stimulated many centers in the world to start pancreas transplantation program.

Recently we successfully performed the first case of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation in Korea.

After 5 cases of pancreas transplantation in our department in type Ⅰ DM, we think that it is the time to review the pancreas transplantation to give an insight of this new field to our colleagues.