Criteria for a pancreas donor include:
- Combined liver-pancreas procurement should be routine, even if the right hepatic aery arises from the superior mesenteric aery. - In this situation, since the transplanted liver is the life-saving organ, the proximal superior mesenteric aery should remain with the liver and the distal superior mesenteric aery supplying the head of the pancreas can be reconstructed on a Y-graft of iliac aery with the splenic aery. - Successful pancreas transplantation can be performed using donors who have previously undergone splenectomy; however, there should be no significant pancreatitis and no history of diabetes in the donor.
No history of diabetes
No liver donation
No replaced hepatic aery vessels arising from the superior mesenteric aery (SMA)
No previous splenectomy
Transplantation