Pancreas transplantation.
During the past decade, marked improvement has been made in the field of pancreas transplantation. The best results have been obtained in patients receiving a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant using the bladder drainage technique. An overall improvement in the secondary complications of diabetes has been documented in patients receiving successful pancreatic grafts. Pancreatic islet cell transplantation remains largely experimental at this time.
Sollinger
H W
HW
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison.
Geffner
S R
SR
D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends; D015996:Survival Rate; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration