Establishment and assessment of pancreas preservation using oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion

Thesis

Background: Pancreatic transplantation is the treatment of choice for a selected group of patients with the most severe complications of diabetes. The two main causes of early failure in this transplant are pancreatitis and venous graft thrombosis. Due to its anatomy and physiology, the pancreas is an organ that is particularly sensitive to ischaemia reperfusion injury. The current standard technique for preserving transplants after removal and before transplantation remai...

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Authors: Hakim, G

• Type of award: MSc by Research
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: Diabetes; Pancreas Transplantation; Perfusion (Physiology)