Annals of Surgery

With the improved results of both intestinal and pancreas transplantation with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression.I-1> there has been a commensurately increased demand for these procedures. However. it has been suggested that both organs cannot be obtained from the same cadaveric donor. particularly if the liver also is to be transplanted. The argument has been that because the three organs share an axial blood supply (Fig. I), they cannot all be assured of an