Abstract
Solitary pancreas transplantation (SPT) can significantly improve the quality of life of diabetic patients by eliminating the need for exogenous insulin, frequent home glucose monitoring, and many of the dietary restrictions imposed by the disease. In addition, successful SPT is able to eliminate acute diabetes complications, such as hypoglycemic and/or hyperglycemic episodes (1). The effects of SPT on long-term complications of diabetes is less clear, but restoration of long-lasting normoglycemia seems to have several beneficial actions, including improvement of neuropathy and nephropathy (2). Little information is currently available on the role of SPT on the evolution of diabetic retinopathy. Ramsay et al. (3) studied the progression of retinopathy in solitary pancreas recipients and found some beneficial effect at 3 years after transplant. An SPT program in type 1 diabetic patients has recently started in …
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