Pancreas Transplantation: Multimedia

References

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2. Ziaja J, Bozek-Pajak D, Kowalik A, Krol R, Cierpka L. Impact of pancreas transplantation on the quality of life of diabetic renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. Oct 2009;41(8):3156-8. [Medline].

3. Decker E, Coimbra C, Weekers L, et al. A retrospective monocenter review of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. Oct 2009;41(8):3389-92. [Medline].

4. McCullough KP, Keith DS, Meyer KH, Stock PG, Brayman KL, Leichtman AB. Kidney and pancreas transplantation in the United States, 1998-2007: access for patients with diabetes and end-stage renal disease. Am J Transplant. Apr 2009;9(4 Pt 2):894-906. [Medline].

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6. Gruessner AC, Sutherland DE. Pancreas transplant outcomes for United States (US) and non-US cases as reported to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the International Pancreas Transplant Registry (IPTR) as of June 2004. Clin Transplant. Aug 2005;19(4):433-55. [Medline].

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Further Reading

Keywords

pancreas transplantation, pancreas allotransplantation, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation, SPK, type 1 diabetes, insulin independence, pancreas-after-kidney transplant, islet transplant, pancreatitis, enteric-drained

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Dixon B Kaufman, MD, PhD, Director of Pancreas Transplantation, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Dixon B Kaufman, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Central Surgical Association, National Kidney Foundation, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society of University Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Ron Shapiro, MD, Professor of Surgery, Robert J Corry Chair in Transplantation Surgery, Director, Kidney, Pancreas, and Islet Transplantation, Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ron Shapiro, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Central Surgical Association, and Society of University Surgeons
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Douglas M Heuman, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, Chief of Hepatology, Hunter Holmes McGuire Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Chief Editor

Mary C Mancini, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
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