Table 3 Peripheral Vascular Diseases (PAD) and Peripheral Vascular Complications (PVC) after Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation (SPKT) and Kidney Transplantation Alone (KTA)
Variables | Before transplantation | After transplantation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SPKT (n = 101) | KTA (n = 26) | P-value | SPKT (n = 101) | KTA (n = 26) | P-value | |
Peripheral vascular diseases | ||||||
Fontaine-Classification | ||||||
I | 84 (83.2%) | 18 (69.2%) | 0.11 | 80 (79.2%) | 15 (57.7%) | 0.02 |
II a | 8 (7.9%) | 4 (15.4%) | 0.24 | 5 (5%) | 3 (11.5%) | 0.21 |
II b | 4 (4%) | 1 (3.8%) | 0.97 | 7 (6.9%) | 2 (7.7%) | 0.89 |
III | 1 (1%) | 1 (3.8%) | 0.29 | 3 (3%) | 2 (7.7%) | 0.26 |
IV | 4 (4%) | 2 (7.7%) | 0.42 | 6 (5.9%) | 4 (15.4%) | 0.11 |
Peripheral vascular complications | ||||||
Number of patients | 17 (17%) | 8 (31%) | 0.11 | 21 (21%) | 11 (42%) | 0.02 |
Ischemic Ulceration | 5 (5%) | 2 (7.7%) | 0.58 | 6 (6%) | 4 (15%) | 0.11 |
Revascularization | 9 (9%) | 4 (15%) | 0.33 | 14 (14%) | 8 (31%) | 0.04 |
Amputation | 8 (8%) | 5 (19%) | 0.08 | 12 (12%) | 6 (24%) | 0.05 |
Total PVC | 22 (22%) | 10 (38%) | 0.10 | 32 (32%) | 18 (69%) | < 0.001 |