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Diabetes mellitus is a significant burden to patients in the United States, with an estimated 10–15 % of the population affected. It remains a major cause of death within the United States. As described by the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, intensive insulin-based therapy delays the onset and slows the progression of secondary complications of diabetes. These complications include retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy. Although the insulin treatment regimens and modalities have advanced considerably over the past several decades, no patient can truly achieve euglycemia. Patients who are able to maintain very low serum blood sugars have a significantly increased incidence of hypoglycemic incidents, leading to morbidity, decreased quality of life, and mortality.
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A. Osama Gaber and Hosein Shoukouh-Amiri acknowledge the expert assistance of Dr. Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri for preparation of the illustrations and Mrs. Shaherah Rankins-Amos for assistance with manuscript preparation for the section “Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney: Portal/Enteric Drainage”.
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Benching the pancreas from a deceased donor (Humar) (WMV 156889 kb)
Pancreas transplant alone: systemic/bladder drainage (Humar) (WMV 110701 kb)
Simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) transplant: portal/enteric drainage (Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, Osama Gaber) (WMV 135741 kb)
Laparoscopic nephrectomy and distal pancreatectomy for living donor kidney and pancreas transplant (Miguel Tan, Raja Kandaswamy, Rainer Gruessner) (WMV 151967 kb)
Total pancreatectomy islet auto transplant (Humar, Wijkstrom, Sturdevant) (MOV 642312 kb)
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Tevar, A.D. et al. (2015). Pancreas Transplantation. In: Humar, A., Sturdevant, M. (eds) Atlas of Organ Transplantation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4775-6_6
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