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Dobbs S, Shapey IM, Summers A, Moinuddin Z, van Dellen D, Augustine T. Simultaneous en-bloc pancreas and kidney transplantation from a small pediatric donor after circulatory death. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:929-932. [PMID: 30063123 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPKT) is an effective treatment option for patients with type 1 diabetes and end stage renal disease. Increasing demands for organs for transplantation coupled with a rise in age and size of adult donors has led to greater utilization of pediatric donors, and with good outcomes. Nonetheless, there remains reticence among transplant surgeons to transplant pancreases from small pediatric donors despite the optimal characteristics and macroscopic features of the younger pancreas. We report a successful case of SPKT from a small pediatric donor and explore the aspects of potential concern that might have led some clinicians to decline these organs. We also discuss the measures taken to overcome potential obstacles to successful transplantation from this donor source, and the rationale behind them.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sian Dobbs
- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Giwa S, Lewis JK, Alvarez L, Langer R, Roth AE, Church GM, Markmann JF, Sachs DH, Chandraker A, Wertheim JA, Rothblatt M, Boyden ES, Eidbo E, Lee WPA, Pomahac B, Brandacher G, Weinstock DM, Elliott G, Nelson D, Acker JP, Uygun K, Schmalz B, Weegman BP, Tocchio A, Fahy GM, Storey KB, Rubinsky B, Bischof J, Elliott JAW, Woodruff TK, Morris GJ, Demirci U, Brockbank KGM, Woods EJ, Ben RN, Baust JG, Gao D, Fuller B, Rabin Y, Kravitz DC, Taylor MJ, Toner M. The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:530-542. [PMID: 28591112 PMCID: PMC5724041 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The ability to replace organs and tissues on demand could save or improve millions of lives each year globally and create public health benefits on par with curing cancer. Unmet needs for organ and tissue preservation place enormous logistical limitations on transplantation, regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and a variety of rapidly advancing areas spanning biomedicine. A growing coalition of researchers, clinicians, advocacy organizations, academic institutions, and other stakeholders has assembled to address the unmet need for preservation advances, outlining remaining challenges and identifying areas of underinvestment and untapped opportunities. Meanwhile, recent discoveries provide proofs of principle for breakthroughs in a family of research areas surrounding biopreservation. These developments indicate that a new paradigm, integrating multiple existing preservation approaches and new technologies that have flourished in the past 10 years, could transform preservation research. Capitalizing on these opportunities will require engagement across many research areas and stakeholder groups. A coordinated effort is needed to expedite preservation advances that can transform several areas of medicine and medical science.
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- Sebastian Giwa
- Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA
- Sylvatica Biotech, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Ossium Health, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Regenerative Biology Research Group, Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- American Society of Transplantation, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
- Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington Virginia, USA
- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Transplant Medicine, Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Society for Cryobiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA
- Sylvatica Biotech, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA
- Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- 21st Century Medicine, Fontana, California, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Reproductive Science in Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering (by courtesy), Stanford, California, USA
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- Ossium Health, San Francisco, California, USA
- Society for Cryobiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA
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- Society for Cryobiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Surgery &Interventional Science, University College Medical School, Royal Free Hospital Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Sylvatica Biotech, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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