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Selection and Preparation of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient

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Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

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Careful selection of appropriate pancreas transplant candidates is essential in order to maintain good patient and graft survival. As more complex patients are referred with increasing acceptance of this procedure, meticulous evaluation of potential candidates and their careful preparation prior to transplantation will also become increasingly necessary to maintain excellent outcomes. This chapter is devoted to the identification of candidates for pancreas transplantation and determination of the type of procedure that is most suitable. Additionally, a practical clinical, laboratory and preoperative evaluation protocol to optimize patients for pancreas transplantation is presented.

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Tiong, HY., Krishnamurthi, V. (2011). Selection and Preparation of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient. In: Srinivas, T., Shoskes, D. (eds) Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-642-9_9

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