Reconstruction of a Pancreatic Allograft With Variant Arterial Anatomy for Transplantation

oleh: Dylan Adamson, MD, Matthew L. Holzner, MD, Vikram Wadhera, MD, Ron Shapiro, MD

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer 2019-02-01

Deskripsi

Abstract. Donor pancreas utilization rates remain low and aberrant donor anatomy can lead to organ discard by transplant centers. We report on a case of successful pancreas transplantation using a graft with variant arterial anatomy demonstrating that arterial reconstruction is a viable option if aberrant anatomy is encountered at the donor operation. Efforts must be made to use all pancreas grafts that are felt to be of appropriate quality.