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Pancreas Transplantation [PDF]
Diabetes mellitus is generally treated with oral diabetic drugs and/or insulin. However, the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition increases over time, even in patients receiving intensive insulin treatment, and this is largely ...
Duck Jong, Han, David Er, Sutherland
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Kidney Donation after circulatory death: The Veneto Region experience in Italy
Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is a promising strategy for increasing organ supply worldwide. The Italian current legislative framework has represented a major barrier to the implementation of such program, given the 20-minute no-touch period ...
C. Di Bella +7 more
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Pancreas Transplantation [PDF]
Over the last 5 years, there has been a resumed interest in treating diabetes by transplantation, particularly islet transplantation. However, despite advances being reported in Canada and the US, replication in the UK has been much more difficult. At present there is still only one treatment that can consistently reverse insulin independence in the ...
S A, White, D W, Manas
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Simultaneous deceased donor pancreas and living donor kidney transplant (SPLK) has certain advantages over conventional simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) and may be beneficial for overcoming the paucity of organs needed for diabetic patients ...
Jin-Myung Kim +8 more
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T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin (Tim)4 is expressed on APCs, including macrophages, as one of the main amplifiers in the mechanism of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).
Hirofumi Hirao +9 more
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Introduction. The accuracy of intraoperative graft perfusion assessment still remains subjective, with doppler examination being the only objective adjunct.
Jeevan Prakash Gopal, MS, MRCS +11 more
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Transplant-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma in a kidney allograft: a case report
Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a disease that is not widely known among the general public, but has a high prevalence among organ transplant recipients. Here, we present a rare case of intragraft KS after kidney transplantation.
Jae Jun Lee +7 more
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Vascularized pancreas transplantation has assumed an increasing role in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Through 1994, over 6000 pancreas transplants had been performed worldwide, with over 80% being combined pancreas-kidney transplants. Overall 1-year patient survival exceeds 90% and graft survival (complete insulin independence) exceeds 70 ...
R J, Stratta +3 more
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Clinical usefulness of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in patients with periampullary tumors [PDF]
Purpose The prognosis of periampullary cancer varies with its origin and early diagnosis influences outcome. Endoscopic ultrasound, computed tomography, fine needle aspiration, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography ...
Jeong Eon Kim, Min Ho Shin, Nam Kyu Choi
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Diabetic microangiopathy in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients after successful pancreatic and kidney or solitary kidney transplantation [PDF]
To evaluate the beneficial effect of pancreatic grafting on peripheral microcirculation and long-term clinical outcome, we compared data of 28 Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients either given a pancreatic and kidney graft simultaneously or given
Abendroth, D. +4 more
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