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Pancreas graft salvage using pancreatico-duodenectomy with enteric drainage.

Reddy MS, White SA, Jaques BC, Torpey N, Manas DM

Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.

As demand for donor pancreases increases, attempts are being made to utilize even marginal grafts for transplantation. Injury during pancreas recovery can predispose to posttransplant complications and graft loss. Early recognition and correction can salvage these grafts. The authors report an instance of poor segmental perfusion of the pancreas graft that was salvaged by pancreas head resection and enteric drainage through a Roux-en-Y pancreatico-jejunostomy.

Published 11 September 2007 in Am J Transplant, 7(10): 2422-4.
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