Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney transplantation at AIMS

: A 31-year-old man, suffering from Type 1 Diabetes and Kidney failure, successfully underwent a simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney transplantation at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, here.
The poor control of diabetes had affected his kidneys resulting in a state of chronic renal failure.
The patient underwent the first simultaenous Pancraes and Kidney transplantation in Kerala and only the third such successful surgery in India, a press release from AIMS said today.
Following the surgery his blood sugars are normal on a normal diet and his diabetes has been cured. The Kidney function has also normalised, the doctors said.

This combined procedure of transplanting both the Kidney and Pancreas in a single surgical operation is particularly effective for patients who have Type 1 Diabetes and chronic renal failure. If the kidney alone is transplanted and the Diabetes is poorly controlled, then even the transplanted kidney will slowly be affected by the high blood sugar levels.
The main advantage of this combined transplantation is improvement in quality of life and freedom from diabetes related complications and dialysis. This also avoids frequent blood sugar testing and occurrence of life threatening fall in blood sugar levels.
The complicated surgery was performed by the Solid Organ Transplant Surgery team with the co-operation of multiple departments at the AIMS, including Nephrologists, Endocrinologists, Anesthesia and Critical Care Specialists.

The organs were transplanted from a 38 year-old brain dead patient in Kochi.