Glucose Control During and After Pancreatic Transplantation
- M. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD,
- Robert J. Stratta, MD,
- Kashif A. Latif, MD and
- Osama Gaber, MD
Abstract
In Brief
Pancreas transplantation is considered the best treatment option for patients with type 1 diabetes and renal failure. In this article, the authors describe perioperative glucose control in patients undergoing pancreas or kidney-pancreas transplantation.
Footnotes
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M. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD; Robert J. Stratta, MD; and Osama Gaber, MD, are professors of surgery in the Department of Surgery (Division of Transplantation), and Kashif A. Latif, MD, is a fellow in endocrinology and metabolism in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, in Memphis.
- American Diabetes Association
