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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2013

A composite risk model for predicting technical failure in pancreas transplantation.

E B Finger, D M Radosevich, T B Dunn, S Chinnakotla, D E R Sutherland, A J Matas, T L Pruett, R Kandaswamy

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Anti-TNFα as an Adjunctive Therapy in Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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  11. Sterile Pancreas Inflammation during Preservation and after Transplantation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Transplant Options for Patients With Diabetes and Advanced Kidney Disease: A Review.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2021
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  18. Recipient age and outcome after pancreas transplantation: a retrospective dual-center analysis.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

E B FingerDepartment of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. efinger@umn.edu
D M Radosevich
T B Dunn
S Chinnakotla
D E R Sutherland
A J Matas
T L Pruett
R Kandaswamy

Funding

Viral Infections and Posttransplant MorbidityP01DK013083 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI NEVINS, THOMAS E · 1986 to 2013
$14.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK13083NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK013083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Technical failure (TF) continues to have a significant impact on the success of pancreas transplantation. We assessed risk factors for TF in 1115 pancreas transplants performed at a single center between 1998 and 2011. The overall TF rate was 10.2%. In a multivariable model, donor BMI ≥ 30 (HR 1.87, p = 0.005), donor Cr ≥ 2.5 (HR 3.16, p = 0.007), donor age >50 (HR 1.73, p = 0.082) and preservation time >20 h (HR 2.17, p < 0.001) were associated with TF. Bladder drainage of exocrine secretions was protective (HR 0.54, p = 0.002). We incorporated these factors in a Composite Risk Model. In this model the presence of one risk factor did not significantly increase risk of TF (HR 1.35, p = 0.346). Two risk factors in combination increased risk greater than threefold (HR 3.65, p < 0.001) and three risk factors increased risk greater than sevenfold (HR 7.66, p = <0.001). The analysis also identified many factors that were not predictive of TF, including previous transplants, immunosuppressive agent selection, and almost all recipient demographic parameters. While the model suggests that two or more risk factors predict TF, strategies to reduce preservation time may mitigate some of this risk.

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Pancreas TransplantationRegistriesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGraft RejectionHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurvival RateTissue and Organ ProcurementTreatment FailureUnited States

Identifiers

PMID23711225
PMCPMC3696030

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