Are criteria for islet and pancreas donors sufficiently different to minimize competition?

Am J Transplant

Clinic for Digestive and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: May 2004

Islet and pancreas transplantation may compete for a limited number of organs. We analyzed records from the national Swiss transplant registry during a 4-year period to investigate the proportion of donors that are suitable for islet and pancreas transplantation. Suitability for pancreas transplantation was mainly defined as: age 10-45 years; weight

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