Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
Umar Farooq
Section of Transplantation, Medical Center Boulevard,
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Tanzania
Research Article
Technical Aspects of Pancreas Transplantation with Portal Venous Drainage
Author(s): Umar Farooq, Yousef Al-Shraideh, Jeffrey Rogers, Alan C Farney, Giuseppe Orlando and Robert J Stratta
Umar Farooq, Yousef Al-Shraideh, Jeffrey Rogers, Alan C Farney, Giuseppe Orlando and Robert J Stratta
Vascularized pancreas transplantation was initially developed as a means to re-establish endogenous insulin secretion responsive to normal feedback controls and has evolved over time to a form of auto-regulating total pancreatic endocrine replacement therapy that reliably achieves a euglycemic state and normal glucose homeostasis without the need for either exogenous insulin therapy or close glucose monitoring.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7092.1000115