Abstract
Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) is the treatment of choice for insulin-dependent diabetics with end-stage renal failure. The shortage of suitable pancreata has led to the use of donors after cardiac death (DCD). Although more than 20,000 pancreas transplants have been performed worldwide, the experience of pancreas transplantation from DCD remains limited. Factors during recovery, storage, and reperfusion may result in injury to the duodenal segment of the pancreas allograft. Here we have reported a case of duodenal necrosis after reperfusion in a patient who underwent SPK from a DCD. The pancreas was salvaged by excising the duodenum and performing a direct pancreas duct to bladder anastomosis. After recovery of function by the transplanted kidney, the patient developed recurrent urinary sepsis. The bladder-drained pancreas was converted to a direct enteric drainage, which resolved the recurrent urinary sepsis.
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