Justifying a third pancreas transplant: a case report

Early pancreas graft failure after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant can occur in up to 20% of recipients. Results after pancreas retransplant continue to improve, with results comparable to primary pancreas transplants. We describe an unusual case of a third pancreas transplant in which a rem...

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Published in:Experimental and clinical transplantation 2008-03, Vol.6 (1), p.84-86
Main Authors: Wales, Lucy, Canelo, Ruben, Dosani, Tariq, Mustafa, Nazar, Hakim, Nadey S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - surgery
Graft Rejection
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Pancreas Transplantation
Reoperation
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Summary:Early pancreas graft failure after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant can occur in up to 20% of recipients. Results after pancreas retransplant continue to improve, with results comparable to primary pancreas transplants. We describe an unusual case of a third pancreas transplant in which a remnant of a previous arterial Y-graft was used for the arterial anastomosis, and we discuss the factors used to justify the decision to do a third pancreas transplant.
ISSN:1304-0855