Clinical Transplantation

Research Results from University of Munich Update Knowledge of Clinical Transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, September 15th, 2011

2011 SEP 15 -- According to the authors of recent research from Munich, Germany, "Bladder drainage (BD) of pancreatic transplants is associated with a unique set of complications. We intended to analyze the incidence, indications, complications and long-term results of enteric conversion procedures (EC)."

"Using a prospective database, 32 EC patients out of 433 simultaneous pancreas-kidney-transplant (SPK) recipients were identified. Graft and patient survival rates were compared with those after primary enteric drainage (ED). The mean SPK-EC interval was 5.0 yr, and the mean patient follow- up was 13.8 yr. Indications for EC were genitourinary symptoms...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-09-15)

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