Pancreas and Islet Transplantation: Comparative Outcome Analysis of a Single-centre Cohort over 20-years.
Braulio Alejandro Marfil-GarzaJoshua HeflerKevin VerhoeffAnna LamKhaled DajaniBlaire AndersonDoug O'GormanTatsuya KinOmar Yaxmehen Bello-ChavollaDonald GrynochAnne HalpinPatricia M CampbellPeter A SeniorDavid BigamA M James ShapiroPublished in: Annals of surgery (2022)
PTx shows higher sex- and age-adjusted mortality, procedure-related complications and readmissions compared to ITx. Conversely, insulin independence, graft survival and glycemic control are better with PTx. This study provides data to balance risks and benefits with ITx and PTx, which could improve shared-decision making.