title: [Pancreas removal by external teams].
abstract: Combined pancreas and kidney transplantation is an established procedure for terminal or preterminal, uremic, type 1 diabetics. The current procurement technique allows simultaneous recovery of liver and pancreas. One problem is the assessment of organ quality. It remains unclear how many pancreas organs must be withdrawn during back-table preparation. Between June 1994 and December 2003, 271 pancreas transplantations were performed at our transplant centre. Two hundred sixty-two (89.7%) pancreas grafts were harvested by teams which were not part of the transplant team. Twenty-one (8.0%) grafts were discharged for transplantation at the time of back-table preparation. Liposis of the graft and critical vessel situations were the main reasons for withdrawal. Two kidney grafts were not usable for transplantation, and 92% of the pancreas grafts were. This demonstrates the high standard of pancreas procurement in the Eurotransplant region.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. tim.schulz@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flecken
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schenker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schäffer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Viebahn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapischke
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D011786:Quality Control; D015996:Survival Rate; D014022:Tissue Survival; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D014511:Uremia / Q000601:surgery; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery