RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pancreas transplantation: state of the art
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 564
OP 570
VO 57
IS 6
A2 Hoogwerf, Byron J.
A1 Grundfest-Broniatowski, Sharon
YR 1990
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/6/564.abstract
AB Improvements in technique and in the diagnosis of rejection have led to progressively better pancreas transplant graft and patient survival rates over the past 5 years. Refinements in organ preservation are making it easier for centers to share organs, with better immunologic matching and therefore additional improvement in results. As new immunosuppressive agents become available, pancreas transplantation may be an option for diabetic patients early in the course of their disease, before secondary complications become disabling.