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Extended Pancreas Donor Program—The EXPAND Study

Hans J. SchlittA. WunschAndreas PascherHelmut ArbogastPeter SchenkerMichael A. StröhleinStefan FarkasWolf O. BechsteinEdward K. GeisslerBernhard BanasPeter SchemmerMichael HeiseRichard ViebahnSilvio NadalinAndreas A. SchnitzbauerThomas BeckerFalk RauchfussSteffen ManekellerAndrea Proneth

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TransplantationPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryEconomic shortage030230 surgerymedicine.diseaseTransplantation03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicine.anatomical_structureCurative treatmentMulticenter trialDiabetes mellitusmedicineSevere morbidity030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyPancreasbusinessDonor pool

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BackgroundPancreas transplantation is the only curative treatment option for patients with juvenile diabetes. Organ shortage and restrictive allocation criteria are the main reasons for increasing waitlists, leading to severe morbidity and mortality. We designed a study to increase the donor pool wi

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-08-01Transplantation
https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000002122