Combined liver-pancreas transplantation in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Combined liver-pancreas transplantation is a relatively uncommon procedure. We report successful combined liver-pancreas transplantation in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and review the literature on this topic.
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Division of Gastroenterology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. James.Trotter@uchsc.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods