[Surgical techniques of pancreas transplantation: exocrine drainage. Part 1]. / Khirurgicheskie aspekty transplantatsii podzheludochnoi zhelezy: otvedenie ekzokrinnogo sekreta transplantata. Chast' 1.

Exocrine drainage is an Achilles heel of pancreas transplantation. The author analyzed the outcomes of pancreas transplantations with different types of exocrine drainage in various centers (n=93). The manuscript ensures insight on the evolution and progress of exocrine drainage techniques in pancreas transplantation within the historical context and current state of the problem.