Robotic pancreas transplantation in a type 1 diabetic patient with morbid obesity: A case report.

Journal: Medicine

PMID: 28178127

Abstract

RATIONALE: Obesity is considered a relative contraindication to pancreas transplantation due to increased risks of wound-related complications. Robotic surgeries have never been applied for pancreas transplantation in obese recipients though robotic kidney transplantation did and already proved its value in reducing wound-related complications in obese recipients.

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Chun Chieh Yeh

Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Mario Spaggiari
Ivo Tzvetanov
José Oberholzer

Keywords

Adult Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Humans Male Obesity, Morbid Pancreas Transplantation Robotics

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Robotic pancreas transplantation in a type 1 diabetic patient with morbid obesity: A case report.

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