Articles tagged "Pancreas transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Outcome is Best in Brittle Diabetic Patients without Advanced Nephropathy
M. Laftavi,¹ A. Gruessner,² O. Pankewycz,¹ B. Kaylene,² S. Sidharth,² R. Gruessner.
¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Introduction: Although the overall number of pancreas transplants in combination with or after a kidney transplant have declined, the number of PTA has remained relatively…
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Peri-Transplant Glycaemic Control as a Predictor of Pancreas Transplant Survival
M. Shapey,^1,2 R. Tan,¹ H. Khambalia,² C. Fullwood,² P. Yianoullou,^1,2 A. Summers,² T. Augustine,² M. Rutter,¹ D. van Dellen.²
¹Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; ²Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantaion, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The impact of peri-transplant glycaemic control on outcomes after pancreas transplantation is unknown. Our aims were to relate peri-transplant glycaemic control to survival and…
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Pregnancies in Female Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients
P. Patel,¹ D. Kliniewski,² L. Coscia,² D. Armenti,² S. Constantinescu,^2,3 M. Moritz.^1,2,4
¹Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
This is the first series report of pregnancies after pancreas transplant alone (PTA). Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) via questionnaires,…
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Declining Number of Pancreas after Kidney Transplants Despite Significant Improvement in Outcome
A. Gruessner,¹ M. Laftavi,² O. Pankewycz,² R. Gruessner.¹
¹SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: The number of whole organ pancreas transplants declined significantly over the past 15 years. The largest decrease was seen in pancreas after kidney (PAK)…
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Effect of Donor-Recipient Gender-Mismatch on Long Term Function after Pancreas Transplantation
F. Messner,¹ C. Bösmüller,¹ M. Maglione,¹ M. Riedmann,² R. Oberhuber,¹ B. Cardini,¹ T. Resch,¹ S. Schneeberger,¹ C. Margreiter.¹
¹Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Background: Several studies in solid organ transplantation have shown a correlation between gender-match and risk of graft loss. In this study we aimed to analyze…
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To Score a Pancreas, Stars Must Be Aligned
A. Friedman, P. Bagavan, K. Delli Carpini.
LiveOnNY, NY.
Excellent medical care and readily accessible insulin preparations serve to require a very high quality of deceased donor pancreas organs accepted for transplantation. Improving, prevailing…
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Pancreas Transplant in the Elderly Patient – Should It Be Done?
A. Gruessner,¹ M. Laftavi,² O. Pankewycz,² R. Gruessner.¹
¹SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: While kidney transplantation in the elderly diabetic patient is an accepted treatment of the secondary complication, pancreas transplants are controversial. Many centers have an…
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Decline in Pancreas Transplantation Numbers is Accompanied with Lower Publication Rates
S. Benjamens,¹ C. Margreiter,² E. de Koning,³ H. Leuvenink,¹ R. Pol.¹
¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: After several years of growth in many pancreas transplant (PTx) programs, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reports a decline in PTx numbers…
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Outcomes from Brain Death Donors with Cardiac Arrest Accepted for Pancreas Transplantation
P. Ventura-Aguiar,¹ J. Ferrer,² D. Paredes,³ C. Rodriguez,³ C. Fontdevilla,² E. Esmatjes,⁴ J. Garcia-Valdecasas,² F. Oppenheimer,¹ F. Diekmann,¹ M. Ricart.¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ³Organ Transplantation Coordination Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Diabetes Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Donor selection has a major impact on pancreas transplantation. Cardiac arrest and hypoxemia produce an insult to endothelial cell and may increase the risk of…
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Pancreas Graft Function >10 Years: The Cumulative US Experience
A. Gruessner,¹ M. Laftavi,² O. Pankewycz,² R. Gruessner.¹
¹SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Broooklyn, NY; ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Background and Study Purpose: The cumulative US experience with long-term pancreas graft function has not been reported.Methods: Between 1966 and 2005, 18,197 pancreas transplants due…