Abstract :
[en] Pancreas preservation by cold storage using University of Wisconsin solution was the
mainstay method used for pancreas transplantation during the past 2 decades. Other
solutions, such as HTK, Celsior, and SCOT 15, could not demonstrate any advantage for
short preservation periods. But the advent of clinical islet transplantation and the larger
use of controlled non–heart-beating donors have prompted the transplantation community
to develop methods for increasing pancreas graft quality while preventing ischemic
reperfusion damages. Oxygenation by 1- or 2-layer methods during pancreas preservation,
as well as the use of perfluorocarbons, might increase the islet yield. Based on the former
methods, there is a renewed interest in machine perfusion and oxygenation in pancreas
preservation for pancreas transplantation and islet preparation.
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