Use of the harmonic scalpel in cold phase recovery of the pancreas for transplantation: the westmead technique

Ahmer Hameed; Teresa Yu; Lawrence Yuen; Vincent Lam; Brendan Ryan; Richard Allen; Jerome Laurence; Wayne Hawthorne; Henry Pleass

doi:10.1111/tri.12777

Use of the harmonic scalpel in cold phase recovery of the pancreas for transplantation: the westmead technique

Transpl Int. 2016 May;29(5):636-8. doi: 10.1111/tri.12777. Epub 2016 Apr 20.

Authors

Ahmer Hameed^{1

2}, Teresa Yu², Lawrence Yuen¹, Vincent Lam^{1

2}, Brendan Ryan¹, Richard Allen^{1

2

3}, Jerome Laurence^{2

3}, Wayne Hawthorne^{1

2}, Henry Pleass^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
² Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 27009874
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12777

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / surgery*
Humans
Pancreas / surgery*
Pancreas Transplantation / instrumentation*
Pancreas Transplantation / methods*
Perfusion
Surgical Instruments*
Ultrasonics