Pancreas transplantation is the only durable cure for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
While results have significantly improved, listing for and transplantation of pancreatic …

Simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) transplant has successfully treated patients with type I
diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease for half a century resulting in euglycemia and …

Fridell JA, Rogers J, Stratta RJ. The pancreas allograft donor: current status, controversies,
and challenges for the future. Clin Transplant 2010: 24: 433–449.© 2010 John Wiley & Sons …

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Currently underutilized and in somewhat short supply, the pancreas allograft is a relatively
scarce resource. Despite factors such as increased demand, positive changes in organ …

Introduction The success of pancreas transplantation, in combination with a stable number
of available allografts has resulted in an increasing waiting list. This study investigated …

It has become important for the transplanting surgeon to make difficult decisions on organ
suitability and appropriateness depending upon the recipient's status. Further more, limiting …

The vast majority of pancreas grafts are obtained from cadaver, heart-beating donors, and
small portion from living donor. Although pancreas grafts from non-heart-beating donors …

Pancreas transplantation has an identity crisis and is at a crossroads. Although outcomes
continue to improve in each successive era, the number of pancreas transplants performed …

The pancreas was the first extrarenal organ to be successfully transplanted with use of a
living donor. The goal at that time, in the azathioprine and cyclosporine eras, was to improve …