Pancreas Transplantation

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparison of alemtuzumab with basiliximab induction in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • A comparison of the sensitivities of contrast and isotope voiding cystourethrograms for the detection of pancreas transplant bladder leaks. 
  • A decade of experience with a single dose of rabbit antithymocyte globulin or alemtuzumab pretreatment for intestinal and multivisceral transplantation. 
  • A prospective randomized trial of OKT3 vs ATGAM induction therapy in pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • A study comparing mycophenolate mofetil to azathioprine in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Abdominal complications in organ transplant recipients. 
  • Advances in pancreas transplantation: the University of Wisconsin experience. 
  • Advantage of rapamycin over mycophenolate mofetil when used with tacrolimus for simultaneous pancreas kidney transplants: randomized, single-center trial at 10 years. 
  • Alemtuzumab induction and antibody-mediated kidney rejection after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • An alternate arterial reconstruction for pancreas transplantation. 
  • Analysis of early readmissions after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Antibody-mediated rejection of the kidney after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Bench reconstruction of pancreas for transplantation: experience with 192 cases. 
  • Bilateral sequential lung and simultaneous pancreas transplant: a new approach for the recipient with cystic fibrosis. 
  • Bladder carcinoma in a transplant recipient: evidence to implicate the BK human polyomavirus as a causal transforming agent. 
  • Choices in kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: are there skeletal benefits of the endocrine pancreas? 
  • Clinical and laboratory features of pancreatic transplant bladder leaks. 
  • Clinical experience with human anodal trypsinogen (HAT) for detection of pancreatic allograft rejection. 
  • Clinical pancreas preservation and transplantation. 
  • Controlled non-heart-beating donors: a potential source of extrarenal organs. 
  • Correlation of serologic and urinary tests with allograft biopsy in the diagnosis of pancreas rejection. 
  • Diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic peripancreatic fluid collections after pancreas transplant. 
  • Donation after cardiac death: the University of Wisconsin experience. 
  • Donor factors affecting outcome after pancreas transplantation. 
  • Duodenal segment complications in vascularized pancreas transplantation. 
  • Effects of DR mismatch on long-term graft survival in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation. 
  • Efficacy of 99mTc voiding cystourethrogram for detection of duodenal leaks after pancreas transplantation. 
  • Efficacy of human anodal trypsinogen for detection of rejection in clinical pancreas transplantation. 
  • Enteric conversion of bladder-drained pancreas allografts: experience in 95 patients. 
  • Epstein-Barr virus-related posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder involving pancreas allografts: histological differential diagnosis from acute allograft rejection. 
  • Equivalent success of simultaneous pancreas kidney and solitary pancreas transplantation. A prospective trial of tacrolimus immunosuppression with percutaneous biopsy. 
  • Evaluation of pancreas transplant needle biopsy: reproducibility and revision of histologic grading system. 
  • Experience with 100 consecutive simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplants with bladder drainage. 
  • Experience with 500 simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants. 
  • Experience with combined hepatic, pancreaticoduodenal, and renal procurement with UW solution. 
  • Experience with enteric conversion after pancreas transplantation with bladder drainage. 
  • Experience with enteric conversion after pancreatic transplantation with bladder drainage. 
  • Experience with pancreas retransplantation. 
  • Experience with protocol biopsies after solitary pancreas transplantation. 
  • Experience with protocol biopsies after solitary pancreas transplantation. 
  • FK 506 induction and rescue therapy in pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • Financial implications of pancreas transplant complications: a business case for quality improvement. 
  • Foot problems in the diabetic transplant recipient. 
  • Ganciclovir/acyclovir prophylaxis reduces the incidence of cytomegalovirus infections in pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • Graft Kidney Torsion After Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant: Report of 2 Cases and Literature Review. 
  • Half-life analysis of pancreas and kidney transplants. 
  • Immunologic risks of combined kidney-pancreas transplantation. 
  • Impact of Medicare coverage on disparities in access to simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation. 
  • Increased beta 2-microglobulin (B2M) is useful in the detection of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). 
  • Increased risk of pulmonary edema in diabetic patients undergoing preemptive pancreas transplantation with OKT3 induction. 
  • Indications and techniques for renal, pancreas, and liver transplantation. 
  • Indications for enteric conversion after pancreas transplantation with bladder drainage. 
  • Infection prophylaxis in pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • Intravenous immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis in acute humoral rejection: experience in renal allograft transplantation. 
  • Is there a transfusion effect in combined pancreas-kidney transplantation? 
  • Kidney and pancreas transplantation at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. 
  • Living-related kidney transplant or simultaneous pancreas-kidney for diabetic renal failure? 
  • Long-term outcome of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation: analysis of 61 patients with more than 5 years follow-up. 
  • Long-term outcomes in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • Long-term outcomes in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation. 
  • Long-term outcomes in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: lessons relearned. 
  • Long-term pancreatic function: potential benefits. 
  • Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to rupture of a donor pancreatic artery pseudoaneurysm in a pancreas transplant patient. 
  • Methemoglobinemia associated with dapsone treatment in solid organ transplant recipients: a two-case report and review. 
  • Monitoring of kidney and simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation rejection by release of donor-specific, soluble HLA class I. 
  • OKT3 vs ALG induction therapy in combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Obesity predicts increased overall complications following pancreas transplantation. 
  • Outcome after splenic vein thrombosis in the pancreas allograft. 
  • Pancreas Transplantation: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes. 
  • Pancreas transplantation at the University of Maryland. 
  • Pancreas transplantation at the University of Wisconsin. 
  • Pancreas transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus. American Diabetes Association. 
  • Pancreas transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus. American Diabetes Association. 
  • Pancreas transplantation: the Nebraska experience. 
  • Pancreatic transplantation using portal venous and enteric drainage: the postoperative appearance of a new surgical procedure. 
  • Patient and graft survival implications of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation from old donors. 
  • Perception versus reality?: Virtual crossmatch--how to overcome some of the technical and logistic limitations. 
  • Pharmaceutical expenses after kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. 
  • Posttransplant infection in enteric versus bladder-drained simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients. 
  • Preliminary experience with FK 506 in pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • Primary cutaneous giant cell plasmacytoma in an organ transplant recipient: a rare presentation of a posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder. 
  • Refractory adenovirus infection after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation: successful treatment with intravenous ribavirin and pooled human intravenous immunoglobulin. 
  • Results of combined hepatic, pancreaticoduodenal, and renal procurements. 
  • Results of solitary pancreas transplantation with enteric drainage: is there a benefit from monitoring urinary amylase levels? 
  • Retransplantation in the diabetic patient with a pancreas allograft. 
  • Retransplantation in the diabetic with a pancreas allograft after previous kidney or pancreas transplant. 
  • Retroperitoneal renal and intraperitoneal pancreatic transplantation. 
  • Safe pancreas transplantation in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Should abdominal cluster transplantation be abandoned? 
  • Simultaneous bilateral lung and pancreas transplantation in recipient with cystic fibrosis. 
  • Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation at the University of Wisconsin. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation from controlled non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs). 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation and living related donor renal transplantation in patients with diabetes: is there a difference in survival? 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation at University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation at the University of Wisconsin. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from donation after cardiac death: successful long-term outcomes. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation reduces excess mortality in type 1 diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation--a comparison of enteric and bladder drainage of exocrine pancreatic secretions. 
  • Solitary pancreas allografts. The role of percutaneous biopsy and standardized histologic grading of rejection. 
  • Solitary pancreas transplantation: experience with 50 consecutive cases. 
  • Successful extrarenal transplantation from non-heart-beating donors. 
  • Superior long-term results of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from pediatric donors. 
  • The impact of hypoalbuminemia in kidney-pancreas transplant recipients. 
  • The significance of pre-operative coronary interventions on outcome after pancreas transplantation. 
  • The use of UW solution in clinical transplantation. A 4-year experience. 
  • The utility of retroperitoneal kidney placement in simultaneous kidney pancreas transplantation. 
  • Tricuspid valve Candida endocarditis. Successful treatment with valve-sparing debridement and antifungal chemotherapy in a multiorgan transplant recipient. 
  • Two hundred consecutive simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants with bladder drainage. 
  • Underutilization of pancreas donors. 
  • Upregulation of IL-1β, IL-6, and CCL-2 by a novel mouse model of pancreatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. 
  • Urological complications and enteric conversion after pancreas transplantation with bladder drainage. 
  • Urological complications in 210 consecutive simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants with bladder drainage. 
  • Use of OKT3 in kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation. 
  • Utilization of pediatric donors for pancreas transplantation. 
  • West Nile virus-associated encephalitis in recipients of renal and pancreas transplants: case series and literature review. 
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  • Weinhold, Kent James, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology