Pushing the envelope: Living donor pancreas transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-115

  Sutherland, David E R ^a,b   Radosevich, David ^b   Gruessner, Rainer ^c   Gruessner, Angelika ^c   Kandaswamy, Raja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

islet; living donor; pancreas; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FUTUROLOGY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

CADAVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84856113126     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32834ee6e5     Document Type: Review

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