Factors affecting diabetic patient's long-term quality of life after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: a single-center analysis.

Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is one of the few ways to restore euglycemia within diabetic patients; however, the high morbidity caused by surgical complications and the need for immunosuppressive therapy has raised controversy about PT improving the health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL). The aim of this study is to assess the long-term (≥ 5 years after PT) HRQoL and to identify the factors affecting it.

Methods: A single-center, cross-sectional study of 49 sequential PT was performed.