title: Necrotic pancreatic graft causing acute urinary retention.
abstract: Urologic complications are frequently encountered after pancreas transplantation with a graft duodenocystostomy. Urinary infections, hematuria, and irritative voiding symptoms are some of the most frequent complications with a bladder-drained pancreas allograft. While voiding dysfunction is common in these patients due to underlying neuropathy, to our knowledge, we report the first case of obstructive uropathy in a female due to retained necrotic graft material.
authors.affiliation: Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. blaven2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Laven
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Desiderio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: R Corey
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: O'connor
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Bales
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003558:Cystoscopy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery