Rainer Gruessner : Spearheaded Several Groundbreaking Surgical Procedures

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Rainer Gruessner Defeating Disease

• While Rainer Gruessner sees terminal illness as
  an obstacle, it is not one he considers unbeatable

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Rainer Gruessner Surgical Career

• During his surgical career that spans over 30
  years, Dr. Gruessner has taken on various
  terminal illnesses ranging from diabetes to
  oxalosis, unwilling to let them win. With a
  never say no mantra, Dr. Gruessner has saved
  the lives of patients by staying steadfast in his
  commitment to finding a cure. With this powerful
  drive, Dr. Gruessner has spearheaded several
  groundbreaking surgical procedures.

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Dr Rainer gruessner first split pancreas
transplant

• Dr Rainer Gruessner was involved in the first
  split pancreas transplant in 1988 and developed
  the first standardized technique for living donor
  intestinal transplants in 1997. Just the
  following year, Dr. Gruessner performed the first
  preemptive living donor liver transplant for
  oxalosis.

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University of Minnesota

• While at the University of Minnesota, he also
  completed the first laparoscopic living donor
  distal pancreatectomy and nephrectomy in 2000,
  and, more recently, the first robot-assisted
  total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant in
  2012 at the University of Arizona. For his work
  on this specific procedure, Dr. Gruessner
  received the Diabetes Cure Award from the
  American Diabetes Association.

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Rainer gruessner invasive techniques

• Dr. Gruessner has also been involved in the
  development of new minimally invasive techniques
  in colo-rectal and trauma surgery as well as the
  introduction of new immunosuppressive drugs after
  pancreas transplantation.

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Dr. Rainer gruessner Awards

• For Dr. Gruessner, awards and recognition are
  simply a byproduct of his work his primary
  concern is with the quality of care he can
  provide his patients. By curing a patient of
  diabetes, he can eliminate their insulin
  dependency. An intestinal transplant allows
  patients to digest food independently of total
  parenteral nutrition.

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Rainer gruessner Liver transplant

• With a liver transplant, patients can produce
  bile to break down and expel proteins from the
  body. Each of these procedures enhances the lives
  of his patients, and that is Dr. Gruessners
  biggest motivation to advance surgical
  techniques.

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Rainer gruessner profiles

• Behance- https//www.behance.net/RainerGruessner
• Wordpress- https//rainergruessner.wordpress.com/
  
• Blogspot- http//drrainergruessner.blogspot.com/