Use of the renal pelvis as exocrine drainage in segmental pancreatic transplantation. A preliminary report.

A new technique for exocrine drainage in segmental pancreatic transplantation has been developed in which the renal pelvis is anastomosed to the pancreatic capsule in an end-to-end fashion, after nephrectomy. This technique can be used only in uraemic patients without renal function. The procedure was performed on a uraemic patient who was free of major problems until his death due to an intracranial haemorrhage, 41 days after transplantation. The procedure described here would appear as a new form of drainage of the pancreatic secretions in segmental grafting, with advantages over techniques previously described.