Open AccessA Study on the Effect of Patient Characteristics, Geographical Utilization, and Patient Outcomes for Total Pancreatectomy Alone and Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation in Patients With Pancreatitis in the United States
Author(s) -
Luis F. Lara,
Melena D. Bellin,
Emmanuel Ugbarugba,
Jaimie D. Nathan,
Piotr Witkowski,
Martin Wijkstrom,
Jennifer L. Steel,
Kerrington D. Smith,
Vikesh K. Singh,
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg,
Timothy L. Pruett,
Bashoo Naziruddin,
Leslie Long-Simpson,
Varvara A. Kirchner,
Timothy B. Gardner,
Martin L. Freeman,
Ty B. Dunn,
Srinath Chinnakotla,
Gregory J. Beilman,
David B. Adams,
Katherine A. Morgan,
Maisam AbuElHaija,
Syed A. Ahmad,
Andrew M. Posselt,
Michael G. Hughes,
Darwin L. Conwell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pancreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1536-4828
pISSN - 0885-3177
DOI - 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001405
Subject(s) - autotransplantation , pancreatitis , medicine , total pancreatectomy , pancreatectomy , islet , pancreatitis, chronic , multivariate analysis , general surgery , diabetes mellitus , surgery , transplantation , pancreas , endocrinology
A selective therapy for pancreatitis is total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation. Outcomes and geographical variability of patients who had total pancreatectomy (TP) alone or total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) were assessed.