Preserving the Pancreas Graft: Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Duodenal Leaks in Enterically Drained Pancreas Allografts

Preserving the Pancreas Graft: Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Duodenal Leaks in Enterically Drained Pancreas Allografts

Background. Duodenal leak remains a major cause of morbidity and graft loss in pancreas transplant recipients. The role and efficacy of surgical and image-guided interventions to salvage enterically drained grafts with a duodenal leak has yet to be defined. Methods. We investigated the incidence, tr...

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Main Authors: David Al-Adra, MD, PhD, Ian McGilvray, MD, PhD, Nicolas Goldaracena, MD, Vinzent Spetzler, MD, Jerome Laurence, MD, PhD, Andrea Norgate, RN, Max Marquez, MD, MPH, Paul Greig, MD, Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD, Jeffrey Schiff, MD, Sunita Singh, MD, Markus Selzner, MD, Mark Cattral, MD, Msc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000698

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