title: Pancreas and islet cell transplantation.
abstract: Transplantation of the pancreas or islet cells constitutes surgical treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pancreas transplantation is now an established procedure for the surgical treatment of diabetes mellitus. Islet cell transplantation has the potential to be the procedure of choice once it becomes more routine because of the minimal surgery involved. Included in this chapter are the pathophysiology of diabetes, rationale for transplantation, and the surgical procedure itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larson-Wadd
authors.forename: Kumar G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Belani
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents