Pancreas Transplant - Experience from Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Abstract

Pancreas transplant is a rare surgical procedure in Taiwan, even in Asian. Taipei Veteran General Hospital is one of the qualified 6 medical centers to do pancreas transplant in Taiwan. Our hospital has been on the leadership in not only quantity but also quality of pancreas transplant in Taiwan. We have performed more than 89% cases of pancreas transplant in Taiwan. Our pancreas transplant team have the ability to perform all techniques of pancreas transplant , not only the common ones including pancreas transplant alone (PTA), pancreas after kidney transplant (PAK) and simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPK), but also the unique technique “pancreas Before Kidney Transplant (PBK)” which is developed at our hospital and is not performed at other countries in the world, and pancreas after liver transplant (PAL) which is very rare in other countries. Our technical success rate in pancreas transplant is 97%. The 1-year pancreas graft survival rate is 98%, 5-year pancreas graft survival rate 91%, 10-year pancreas graft survival rate 59%.