Is Extending Criteria for Pancreas Donor Programs the Best Way to Shorten Waiting Lists?

Prog Transplant. 2019 Sep;29(3):293. doi: 10.1177/1526924819855368. Epub 2019 Jun 5.

Authors

Desirée Gianardi¹, Niccolò Furbetta¹, Luca Morelli¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 General Surgery Unit, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 31167631
DOI: 10.1177/1526924819855368

No abstract available

Keywords: extended donor criteria; islet transplantation; pancreas transplantation.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / surgery*
Donor Selection / standards*
Graft Survival*
Humans
Pancreas Transplantation*
Survival Rate*
Waiting Lists