Impact of an older donor pancreas on the outcome of pancreas transplantation: single-center experience of the expansion of donor criteria.
Yoshito TomimaruKoichi KawamotoShogo KobayashiToshinori ItoYoshifumi IwagamiDaisaku YamadaHirofumi AkitaTakehiro NodaKunihito GotohYuichiro DokiHidetoshi EguchiPublished in: Surgery today (2020)
Our results suggest that post-transplant outcomes of PTx using pancreas from older donors aged ≥ 60 years are comparable to those using pancreas from younger donors, and support expansion of the donor pool for transplantation therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus.