title: The history of the EuroSPK - Study Group.
abstract: The EuroSPK Study group was created during the 4th Spitzingsee 1997 workshop in Kühtai, Austria. Thanks to W. Land for the incentive to gather European Centres--with Switzerland and Israel--and propose them to joint efforts and share data in the field of pancreas transplantation. Today, two prospective randomized studies have been already performed; a lot of data and results have been generated and worldwide spread. The spirit of the group will continue with a new interest in innate immunity and prevention of the ischemic reperfusion injury in pancreas transplantation.
authors.affiliation: University of Liège, Belgium. Jean-Paul.Squifflet@chir-transplantation.be
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Squifflet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malaise
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Ophem
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marcelis
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Land
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods