Introductory questions | • How long have you been working as a transplant surgeon in a responsible position? |
• Are you currently performing pancreas recoveries as well? | |
• If a pancreas is offered to your center, what is the usual process? | |
Broad topic 1: Deciding about a pancreas offer | • When deciding about a pancreas offer from Eurotransplant, what criteria guide your decision? |
- If medical/social parameters that are interval variables (e.g. age, BMI, length of ICU stay, P-PASS 1 ) are mentioned: Do you apply certain cut-offs for this parameter? | |
• How relevant is the macroscopic evaluation performed by the recovery team? | |
• How important is it for you that the donor and recipient match well? | |
Broad topic 2: Non-medical refusal reasons | • How might your decision be influenced if you are told that the organ has been previously refused by other centers? |
• Have you ever heard that pancreases have been refused due to capacity reasons or even witnessed it personally? | |
• Could you imagine that under certain circumstances, a pancreas might be refused due to infrastructure reasons in your clinic, e.g. due to staff shortage? Has that ever happened? |