Simplified technique in total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation after Frey’s procedure: a case report
Ryo Oikawa, Nobuyuki Takemura, Masayuki Shimoda, Mai Nakamura, Fuminori Mihara, Fuyuki Inagaki, Norihiro Kokudo · 2024
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Description
Ryo Oikawa and co-authors describe a simplified operation for a patient with long-standing pancreas inflammation, in a 2024 case report. The patient, whose disease was linked to alcohol, had earlier had a Frey's procedure, an operation that drains the pancreas into a loop of small bowel. When that was not enough, the team removed the whole pancreas and returned the patient's own insulin-making cells to protect against severe diabetes.
Reuse made the second operation simpler: the bowel loop lifted in the first surgery was long enough to serve directly for bile drainage, and an earlier bowel join could be kept. The recovery had setbacks, including bleeding on the first day and an abscess drained later. The patient went home on day thirty-seven with healthy levels of a marker showing the transplanted cells were working.
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| CREATOR | Ryo Oikawa, Nobuyuki Takemura, Masayuki Shimoda, Mai Nakamura, Fuminori Mihara, Fuyuki Inagaki, Norihiro Kokudo |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |