Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the traditional indication for pancreas transplantation.
Caused by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing b-cells contained in the …

ABSTRACT Introduction 'Brittle Diabetes'(BD) is a life-threatening metabolic complication
after total pancreatectomy (TP). More than 500 Intraportal islet autotransplantation (IAT) …

Objective: To compare pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and total pancreatectomy (TP) with
islet autotransplantation (IAT) in patients at high risk of postoperative pancreatic fistula …

Context: Total pancreatectomy (TP) with islet cell autotransplantation (IAT) can reduce or
prevent diabetes by preserving beta cell function and is normally performed with on-site …

Islet autotransplantation (IAT) is usually performed in patients undergoing pancreatic
surgery for chronic pancreatitis. In the present series, IAT was offered also to patients …

Purpose Patients with fistula risk score (FRS)≥ 7 are at the highest risk of developing
clinically relevant post-operative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF). There is no agreement on …

Background The enhanced dexterity offered by robotic assistance could be excessive for
distal pancreatectomy but not enough to improve the outcome of laparoscopic …

The need for maintaining cell-spheroid viability and function within high-density cultures is
unmet for various clinical and experimental applications, including cell therapies. One …

Robotic assistance improves surgical dexterity in minimally invasive operations, especially
when fine dissection and multiple sutures are required. As such, robotic assistance could be …

The year 2013 marks the 25 th anniversary of the Automated Method for islet isolation. The
dissociation chamber at the core of the Automated Method was developed by Dr. Camillo …