Articles tagged "Pancreas"

2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Donor Alcohol Intake on Pancreatic Graft Survival
R. Motallebzadeh,¹ M. Drage,² J. Olsburgh,² C. Callaghan.²
¹Surgery, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction:Alcohol (EtOH) abuse can damage the pancreas, but outcomes of pancreas transplantation from donors with a high EtOH intake are poorly defined. The aim of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Longterm Outcome in Pancreas Grafts After Polyomavirus Infection in Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplants: A Single Center Report
C. Boesmueller,¹ C. Margreiter,¹ M. Rudnicki,² R. Oellinger,³ S. Schneeberger,¹ M. Maglione.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Nephrology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria; ³General Surgery, University Charité Virchow Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Purpose: We retrospectively analyzed the longterm survival and function in pancreas grafts after reduction of immunosuppression due to polyomavirus infection in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplants…