Dorsal Pancreas Agenesis in an Organ Donor: To Accept or to Discard for Transplantation?

• Julie De Beule, MD,
• Diethard Monbaliu, MD, PhD,
• Karlien Eggermont, MD,
• David E.R. Sutherland, MD, PhD,
• Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD,
• Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD,
• Laurens J. Ceulemans, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Julie De Beule, MD

1 Laboratory of Abdominal Transplantation, Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Diethard Monbaliu, MD, PhD

1 Laboratory of Abdominal Transplantation, Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Karlien Eggermont, MD

1 Laboratory of Abdominal Transplantation, Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

David E.R. Sutherland, MD, PhD

3 Division of Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD

4 Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD

1 Laboratory of Abdominal Transplantation, Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Laurens J. Ceulemans, MD, PhD

5 Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.