Abstract

GUZMAN, Carlos Ernesto et al. Modified multivisceral transplant with preservation of native spleen, duodenum and pancreas: surgical technique and Latin American experience. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2013, vol.28, n.2, pp.145-153. ISSN 2011-7582.

Transplant surgery takes place every day in Colombia and in the world; this paper shows the global and the first Latin American experience of modified multivisceral transplant with preserved native spleen, duodenum and pancreas. The indications for this transplant are the irreversible gastrointestinal failure without hepatic insufficiency (with complete reliance of total parenteral nutrition to live) secondary to generalized gastrointestinal tract neuropathies or myopathies (chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction), and Crohn's disease with extensive stomach, duodenum and small intestine involvement. The surgical technique for this type of transplant was developed by Dr. Kareem Abu-Elmagd, at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania - United States), who has already reported 24 patients, with a 96% 1 year graft survival, 85% at 2 years, 70% at 3 years and 63% at 4 years, with complete nutritional autonomy in more than 90% of patients. In Latin America only 2 transplants of this type have been done, both at the Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital (Medellin - Colombia), of which one already completed 3 years with a complete nutritional autonomy and full return to their occupational and social activities. With this paper we want to show that the modified multivisceral transplant with preservation of native spleen, duodenum and pancreas is already a reality in the world and in our country, with results increasingly closer to those obtained with the solid intra-abdominal organ (liver and kidney).

Keywords : organ transplantation; intestine; small; intestinal pseudo-obstruction; survival.

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