Pancreatic Auto Islet Transplant
Pancreatic Auto Islet Transplantation is a procedure used to maintain insulin production and secretion in patients with chronic pancreatitis that are undergoing a total pancreatectomy, or removal of the entire pancreas.
To relieve discomfort and keep the production of insulin, the pancreas is removed from the body, extracted and the islets harvested. After removal of the pancreas, it is placed in a solution and put in a system where the pancreas is digested. The islets are then infused into the liver of the patient. The islets are expected to begin insulin production within a short time.
