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SUBMITTER: Boggi U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280011 | biostudies-other | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Boggi Ugo U Vistoli Fabio F Amorese Gabriella G Giannarelli Rosa R Coppelli Alberto A Mariotti Rita R Rondinini Lorenzo L Barsotti Massimiliamo M Piaggesi Alberto A Tedeschi Anna A Signori Stefano S De Lio Nelide N Occhipinti Margherita M Mangione Emanuela E Cantarovich Diego D Del Prato Stefano S Mosca Franco F Marchetti Piero P
The review of diabetic studies : RDS 20110810 2
We report on our single-center experience with pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) in 71 patients with type 1 diabetes, and a 4-year follow-up. Portal insulin delivery was used in 73.2% of cases and enteric drainage of exocrine secretion in 100%. Immunosuppression consisted of basiliximab (76%), or thymoglobulin (24%), followed by mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus, and low-dose steroids. Actuarial patient and pancreas survival at 4 years were 98.4% and 76.7%, respectively. Relaparatomy was need ...[more]