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Pancreas graft drainage in recipient duodenum: Preliminary experience
De Roover, Arnaud; Coimbra Marques, Carla; Detry, Olivier et al.
2007In Transplantation, 84 (6), p. 795-797
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Keywords :
pancreas; transplantation; monitoring; rejection; diabetes
Abstract :
[en] Pancreas graft survival has continuously improved over the years to become a main treatment option of uncontrolled complicated diabetes. Rejection remains the major challenge as it often goes unnoticed until severe damage of the graft manifests itself by elevated blood sugar. Pancreas enzymes monitoring in the blood and in the urine is a sensitive marker of rejection but lack of specificity. Biopsy remains the gold standard. Cystoscopy-guided biopsy of bladder-drained pancreas has a good success rate for obtaining tissue but the vesical drainage exposes to metabolic and urologic morbidity. Percutaneous pancreas biopsy can be performed with a low morbidity rate but severe complications can occur. We discuss a technique of pancreas transplantation with the drainage of exocrine secretions of the pancreatic graft in the recipient duodenum, which permits easy monitoring of the graft by upper endoscopy of the duodenum.
Disciplines :
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
Surgery
Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
De Roover, Arnaud ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Coimbra Marques, Carla ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Detry, Olivier  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Van Kemseke, Catherine ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Gastro-Entérologie-Hépatologie
Squifflet, Jean-Paul ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Honore, Pierre ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Meurisse, Michel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgicale abdominale
Language :
English
Title :
Pancreas graft drainage in recipient duodenum: Preliminary experience
Publication date :
27 September 2007
Journal title :
Transplantation
ISSN :
0041-1337
eISSN :
1534-6080
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
Volume :
84
Issue :
6
Pages :
795-797
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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