Radiologic aspects of islet cell transplantation.
Percutaneous transhepatic intraportal pancreatic islet transplantation is an experimental treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. The radiologic aspects of pancreatic islet transplantation are described, including a review of interventional radiology, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy image-guided, minimally invasive techniques and procedure-related complications and their avoidance.
Neeman
Ziv
Z
Special Procedures/Department of Diagnostic Radiology/Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. zneeman@cc.nih.gov
Hirshberg
Boaz
B
Harlan
David
D
Wood
Bradford J
BJ
D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous