Abstract:The waiting list (WL) history of 405 diabetic patients placed on the kidney transplantation WL for the years 1993-2000 was examined. By 31 December 2000, 295 (73 %) patients had received a transplant. Of the remaining 110 patients 53 (13 %) were still on the WL; 27 of these were temporarily withdrawn, i.e. non-active, 46 others (1 1 %) had died and I1 (3 %) had been permanently removed. Patient follow-up continued until the end of 2002. Although the mean total time on the WL of the non-transplanted was twice t… Show more
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