Techniques of pancreas graft salvage/indications for allograft pancreatectomy.
Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2017;
21:405-11. [PMID:
27058314 DOI:
10.1097/mot.0000000000000318]
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
Despite improvements in pancreas allograft outcome, graft complications remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. This review analyses the issues involved in the management of conditions that may require graft pancreatectomy, including the indications and techniques for graft salvage.
RECENT FINDINGS
With early recognition of graft complications, liberal use of radiological interventions, improved infection control, access to critical care and innovative surgical techniques, graft salvage is now feasible in many circumstances where graft pancreatectomy would previously have been necessary.
SUMMARY
The outcome of pancreas transplantation continues to improve with advances in the management of graft-threatening complications.
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