Pretransplant status of grafts and recipients. Treatment with dialysis and renal transplantation in diabetic nephropathy. Experiences through 11 years. Survival curves and causes of death.

An 11 year study is presented comprising 74 diabetic patients with terminal uraemia treated with dialysis and transplantation. The cumulative patient survival rate after one year is 45%. No difference is found between the survival rates of transplanted and dialysed patients. Sixty-six percent of the patients died from cardiovascular-, and 21% from infectious causes.