The rebirth of pancreas transplantation: an innovative, fully robotic, reproducible surgical technique
Phillipe Abreu, Haaris Kadri, Simone Zaragoza, Giselle Guerra, Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, Michelle C Nguyen, Adeel S Khan, Mohamed Eltemamy, Juliano Riella, Jose Figueiro, Rodrigo Vianna, Dieter Broering, Ugo Boggi, Mario Spaggiari · 2026
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Phillipe Abreu and a broad team set out a fully robotic method in 2026 for pancreas transplant surgery. A new pancreas is the only fix that restores natural insulin release in severe diabetes, yet open surgery burdens patients and use has fallen in the United States. The method copies port layouts from robotic kidney transplant work. Vessel joins are built on the back table, and the graft rests outside the bowel space.
Steps cover graft placement, vein and artery joins, controlled blood return, and a bowel join to drain the graft. Early center reports show the steps can be done as planned. A shared, stepwise method may widen access beyond a few expert centers. Full outcome data remain the next test.
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| CREATOR | Phillipe Abreu, Haaris Kadri, Simone Zaragoza, Giselle Guerra, Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, Michelle C Nguyen, Adeel S Khan, Mohamed Eltemamy, Juliano Riella, Jose Figueiro, Rodrigo Vianna, Dieter Broering, Ugo Boggi, Mario Spaggiari |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36649 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |