Preserving and perfusing the allograft pancreas: Past, present, and future

The concept of organ preservation by perfusion dates back to the mid-19th century. Innovations since then have included temperature regulation, perfusion fluid composition and various pumping systems. Advances made in liver, heart and kidney machine preservation are now contributing to increased graft utilisation, assessment of graft viability and potentially improved graft survival. Pancreas transplantation has not benefitted to the same extent from the application of perfusion technology, although the need is just as great.
Source: Transplantation Reviews - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Review article Source Type: research