Surgical techniques for pancreas transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-168

  Boggi, Ugo ^a   Vistoli, Fabio ^a   Del Chiaro, Marco ^a   Signori, Stefano ^a   Di Candio, Giulio ^a   Amorese, Gabriella ^b   Coppelli, Alberto ^a   Marchetti, Piero ^a   Mosca, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Clin Microbiol Lab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunologic implications; Metabolic implications; Pancreas transplantation; Portal drainage; Surgical technique; Systemic drainage

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BLADDER; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 21044452881     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000163721.53833.52     Document Type: Review

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