Current Trends in organ preservation solutions for pancreas transplantation; a single.center retrospective study

Due to the high vulnerability of the pancreas to ischemia-reperfusion injury, choices regarding preservation solution markedly affect pancreas transplant success. A retrospective single-center analysis of 380 pancreas transplants (2000-2019) was performed to correlate current preservation solutions...

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Authors: Ferrer Fábrega, Joana; Folch i Puy, Emma; Lozano Salvatella, Juan José; Ventura Aguiar, Pedro; Cárdenas, Gabriel; Paredes, David; García Criado, Ángeles; Bombí, Josep Antoni; García Pérez, Rocío; López Boado, Miguel Ángel; Rull, Ramón; Esmatjes Mompó, Enric; Ricart Brulles, Ma. José; Diekmann, Fritz; Fondevila Campo, Constantino; Fernández Cruz, Laureano; Fuster Obregón, Josep; García-Valdecasas Salgado, Juan Carlos
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/185546
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185546
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Trasplantament d'òrgans
Conservació d'òrgans
Pàncrees
Transplantation of organs
Preservation of organs
Pancreas
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Summary:Due to the high vulnerability of the pancreas to ischemia-reperfusion injury, choices regarding preservation solution markedly affect pancreas transplant success. A retrospective single-center analysis of 380 pancreas transplants (2000-2019) was performed to correlate current preservation solutions with transplant outcomes. Early graft failure requiring transplantectomy within 30 days post-transplant occurred in 7.5% for University of Wisconsin (UW) group (n = 267), 10.8% of Celsior (CS) group (n = 83), 28.5% of Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate (HTK) group (n = 7), and none for Institut Georges Lopez-1 (IGL-1) group (n = 23). The most common causes of technical failures in this cohort included abdominal hemorrhage (8.4%); graft pancreatitis (3.7%); fluid collections (2.6%); intestinal complications (6.6%); and vascular thrombosis (20.5%). Although IGL-1 solution provided lower surgical complication rates, no significant differences were found between studied groups. Nevertheless, HTK solution was associated with elevated pancreatitis rates. The best graft survival was achieved at 1 year using UW and IGL-1, and at 3 and 5 years using IGL-1 (p = 0.017). There were no significant differences in patient survival after a median follow-up of 118.4 months. In this setting therefore, IGL-1solution appears promising for perfusion and organ preservation in clinical pancreas transplantation, compared to other commonly used solutions. Keywords: pancreas transplantation, graft survival, preservation solution, ischemia-reperfusion, pancreatitis,